Art: Armenian government has acquired Arshile Gorky’s “Untitled”

Yerevan /Mediamax/. The exhibition “Arshile Gorky: New York-Yerevan: New Acquisition” has opened at the National Gallery of Armenia.

The Armenian government has acquired the graphic work “Untitled” (1944) by the world-renowned American-Armenian artist at an international auction.

The event was attended by Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Mayor of Yerevan Tigran Avinyan, and Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Zhanna Andreasyan.

“Our people have had different pages in history: at times the center of Armenian life was Madras, at other times Istanbul or Tbilisi, and at one point Venice. Today, we affirm that the center of Armenian reality and life in all its dimensions – cultural and ideological – is the Republic of Armenia,” Nikol Pashinyan said in his speech.

The Prime Minister noted that the acquisition of Arshile Gorky’s work was made possible by the contributions of thousands of tax-paying citizens.

Photo: Armenian government

The government reports that “Untitled” was presented at the Sotheby’s auction house in London. The starting price for the 1944 graphic work (paper, pencil, 45.4 × 55.5 cm) was 45,000 euros, with an estimated upper range of 70,000 euros.

During the auction held on December 3, 2025, the work was acquired by the Government of Armenia for 30,978,000 AMD (approximately 69 000 euros).

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