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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1974.36
People
Raphael Soyer, American (Borisoglebsk, Russia 1899 - 1987 New York, NY)
Title
Arshile Gorky and Self Portrait
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Portrait of Arshile Gorky and Raphael Soyer
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1941
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/309033

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink and blue ball-point ink on thin ivory wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 31.7 x 23.8 cm (12 1/2 x 9 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: brown ink, l.r.: Raphael Soyer
  • inscription: under upper image, brown ink, in artist's hand: of Gorky
  • inscription: under lower image, brown ink, in artist's hand: Apr 2, 1941 / [illegible-- cut off]
  • inscription: lower edge, graphite, in artist's hand: Self Portrait / Raphael Soyer / Raphael [cut off]
  • inscription: u.r., brown ink: 5
  • inscription: u.r., black ink: 4

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Bella Fishko, New York, New York, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1974.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bella Fishko, in honor of Martin Peretz
Accession Year
1974
Object Number
1974.36
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Publication History

  • J. Kirk T. Varnedoe, ed., Modern Portraits: the Self and Others, exh. cat., Columbia University Dept. of Art History and Archaeology (New York, NY, 1976), cat. no. 117, p. 154
  • Raphael Soyer, Diary of an Artist, New Republic Books (Washington, D.C, 1977), repr. in b/w, p. 242

Exhibition History

  • Modern Portraits: The Self and Others, Wildenstein Gallery, New York, New York, 10/20/1976 - 11/28/1976
  • Raphael Soyer: Drawings and Watercolors, National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, 09/30/1977 - 11/27/1977

Verification Level

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