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Arshile Gorky (1904-1948)
Valentine, with garden in sochi motif
signed, dedicated and dated 'To Leonore Arshile Gorky/38' (center left)
gouache and graphite on paper mounted on board
1418 x 9 in. (35.8 x 22.8 cm.)
Painted in 1938. This work is recorded in the Arshile Gorky Foundation Archives under number D1529.
Provenance
Leonore Gallet Portnoff, New York, acquired directly from the artist, 1938
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York
Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York,
Marie B. and Edward F. Swenson, Jr., Coral Gables
Their sale; Christie's, New York, 21 September 2011, lot 85
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
H. Herrera, "Arshile Gorky: Works on Paper," ARTnews, March 1975, vol. 74, p. 97.
H. Rand, Arshile Gorky: The Implications of Symbols, Montclair, 1981, pp. 116-117 and 244, no. 8-2 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Maryland, J. Millard Tawes Fine Arts Center, University of Maryland Art Gallery, The Drawings of Arshile Gorky, March-April 1969, pp. 38 and 53, no. 12 (illustrated).
New York, Knoedler & Co., Arshile Gorky: Works on Paper, January-February 1975, no. 11.
Providence, The Bell Gallery, Brown University, Graham, Gorky, Smith & Davis in the Thirties, April-May 1977, p. 17, no. 12 (illustrated).
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