Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
What Do You See? The Collection of Sidney Rothberg, Part I
Auction: February 27, 2024 at 12 PM ET
Inscribed verso ‘Self Portrait/from a photo of 1911/painting 1926-29/Whitney Museum (artist and his mother)', pencil on paper
11 7/8 x 9 in. (30.2 x 22.9cm)
Executed circa 1926.
The Artist.
Mr. and Mrs. Hans Burkhardt.
Parke-Bernet, New York, sale of April 20, 1977, lot 264.
(Presumably) acquired directly from the above sale.
The Collection of Sidney Rothberg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
“Arshile Gorky: Paintings & Drawings, 1927-1937, the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Hans Burkhardt,” La Jolla Museum of Art, La Jolla, California and traveling, 1963, no. 23.
“Arshile Gorky: Paintings & Drawings, 1927-1937, the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Hans Burkhardt,” an exhibition catalogue, La Jolla Museum of Art, La Jolla, California, 1963, n.p., no. 23 (illustrated).
The drawing will be reviewed at the next meeting of the Arshile Gorky Catalogue Raisonné examination committee for inclusion in the catalogue.