ARSHILE GORKY

ARSHILE GORKY 1904-1948
Agony, Motif 1946
Ink, pen and wax crayon on paper.
10.08 x 9.06 in.
Work archived at The Arshile Gorky Foundation, New York, under the number D1549.
This drawing is one of nine fragments cut from an untitled composition completed by Gorky in 1946, which was later divided into nine discrete sections between circa 1957-1964.
Work accompanied by certificate of authenticity on photograph issued by the Galleria Blu, Milan.

Errata corrige: The Arshile Gorky Foundation Archives asked us to add this detail in the description: This drawing is one of nine fragments cut from an untitled composition completed by Gorky in 1946, which was later divided into nine discrete sections between circa 1957-1964."

Bibliografia/Literature
Guazzi, Pastelli, Galleria Blu, Milano 1964, illustrato.
Il Disegno del Nostro Secolo: prima parte, da Klimt a Wols, Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, Milano 1994, pag. 354 n° 239.
Il Disegno del Novecento, Galleria Benappi, Torino 2015, pag. 124 n° 39.

Provenienza/Provenance
Eredi Arshile Gorky, New York.
Galleria dell'Obelisco, Roma.
Galleria Blu, Milano.
Collezione private, Torino.