Top-100 artists:
We use our proprietary AI - LiveArt Estimate™ to calculate current market value for each artwork. Based on this data LiveArt is able to provide numerous insights into artist and artwork financial performance, including:
See the measure of artist investment performance relative to risk. A higher ratio suggests better risk-adjusted returns, indicating more consistent performance with less risk.
Explore the most prolific periods in an artist's career based on artwork production volume and current market value. It also segments these periods by category, offering insights into when the most valuable pieces were created in each category.
Free to sign up. No credit card required.
| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 16, 2023 | Phillips | New York | 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session | 212 | $****** - ****** | Very Good | Study for Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia |
Works on Paper
39.4 x 57.8 cm (15.5 x 22.75 in)
India ink, chalk and graphite on laid paper
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York
Mrs. Samuel G. Rautbord, Chicago
Private Collection, Chicago
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago
Acquavella Galleries, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2001
New York, Martha Jackson Gallery, Two Lyric Abstractionists: Gorky, Works of the Middle Period / Trökes, Recent Gouaches and Drawings , March 31-April 24, 1954, no. 40 (possibly included, titled as Ink Drawing )
New York, The Brooklyn Museum, Golden Years of American Drawings, 1905-1956 , January 22-March 17, 1957, p. 22 (titled as Untitled )
New York, David Anderson Gallery, Arshile Gorky Drawings: 1929-1934 , February 3-March 1, 1962, n.p. (illustrated)
Los Angeles, Everett Ellin Gallery, Arshile Gorky: 40 Drawings , April 9-May 5, 1962, no. 6, n.p. (illustrated, titled as Ink and Chalk Forms )
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, 20th Century Drawings from Chicago Collections, September 15-November 11, 1973, n.p. (titled as Nighttime and Nostalgia )
Madison, University of Wisconsin, Arshile Gorky: Drawings and Paintings , April 29-May 10, 1974
Chicago, Richard Gray Gallery, Modern Masters: A Selection, November 21-December 31, 1975 (illustrated)
Chicago, Richard Gray Gallery, Modern and Contemporary Masters: Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings , February 11-March 24, 1984, no. 35 (illustrated)
New York, Acquavella Galleries, XIX & XX Century Master Drawings and Watercolors, April 26-May 26, 1988, no. 14, pp. 3, 34, 35 (illustrated upside down, p. 35)
Chicago, Beth Urdang Fine Art, Biomorphic & Surreal: 1930-1960. Vail, Gorky, Gottlieb, Stamos, Ossorio, Bolotowsky, Kupferman, Kamrowski, February 15-March 20, 1991
New York, Anthony Ralph Gallery, Modern Drawings , October-November, 1991, no. 33
Seattle, Meyerson & Nowinski Art Associates, Arshile Gorky: Two Decades , February 13-April 20, 1997
London, Gagosian Gallery, Drawings , January 29-March 27, 2004, p. 38 (illustrated upside down)
Eileen Costello, ed., Arshile Gorky Catalogue Raisonné, New York, ongoing, no. D0159, online
India ink, chalk and graphite on laid paper
15 1/2 x 22 3/4 in. (39.4 x 57.8 cm)
Executed circa 1931-1932.
