Varujan Boghosian | Gifted from Collection

Gifted from Collection

These artworks were gifted from the collection to collecting institutions across the country. To inquire about any of the pieces, please contact the executor of the estate and the artist’s daughter, Heidi Boghosian.

A line drawing of an artist painting within a liminal and surreal landscape. Possible allusion to Salvador Dali's Enigmatic Elements In A Landscape, 1934.

Pid: obj18
Title: Untitled
Description: A line drawing of an artist painting within a liminal and surreal landscape. Possible allusion to Salvador Dali's Enigmatic Elements In A Landscape, 1934.
Year: Unknown
Medium: Collage
Series Subject: Allusion to Artist
Image Size: 3 x 5 1/2
Frame Size: 20 7/8 x 17
Availability: Gifted from Collection

Beneath a pane of shattered glass, between a pair of insects wings, a woman turns away from a swan nesting upon roses. The woman is Salvador Dali's Portrait of Gala, 1935.

Pid: obj25
Title: Untitled
Description: Beneath a pane of shattered glass, between a pair of insects wings, a woman turns away from a swan nesting upon roses. The woman is Salvador Dali's Portrait of Gala, 1935.
Year: Unknown
Medium: Collage
Series Subject: Allusion to Artist
Image Size: 16 x 21 3/4
Frame Size: 23 1/8 x 29 1/4
Availability: Gifted from Collection

A ship sails amongst roses. A play on the name of Marcel Duchamp's alter ego.

Pid: obj34
Title: Rose Sail A Vie (Grand)
Description: A ship sails amongst roses. A play on the name of Marcel Duchamp's alter ego.
Year: 2005
Medium: Collage
Series Subject: Allusion to Artist
Image Size: 15 x 18
Frame Size: 21 1/2 x 23 3/4
Gallery One: Lori Bookstein Fine Art
Gallery One Identifier: LBFA#VB-6234
Availability: Gifted from Collection

A dolphin swims amongst a colonial city's skyline and groups of people. Possibly an allusion to Provincetown.

Pid: obj43
Title: Homage to Stanley Kunitz
Description: A dolphin swims amongst a colonial city's skyline and groups of people. Possibly an allusion to Provincetown.
Year: 2010
Medium: Collage
Series Subject: Allusion to Artist
Image Size: 17 1/4 x 24 1/2
Frame Size: 23 3/4 x 30 5/8
Gallery One: Berta Walker Gallery
Gallery Two: Kent Fine Art
Availability: Gifted from Collection

A swan swims amongst flowers upon a map of constellations.

Pid: obj64
Title: A Swan for Marcel
Description: A swan swims amongst flowers upon a map of constellations.
Year: 2011
Medium: Collage
Series Subject: Animals
Image Size: 14 1/4 x 13 3/8
Frame Size: 22 1/4 x 21 3/4
Gallery One: Victoria Munroe Fine Art
Availability: Gifted from Collection

Water color discs, butter flies, and a Half and Half tobacco company label mirror each other on sheet music.

Pid: obj71
Title: Half and Half
Description: Water color discs, butter flies, and a Half and Half tobacco company label mirror each other on sheet music.
Year: Watercolor
Medium: Collage
Series Subject: Animals
Availability: Gifted from Collection

The sun sets behind a horse on an artist's palette.

Pid: obj99
Title: Untitled
Description: The sun sets behind a horse on an artist's palette.
Year: 1987
Medium: Collage
Series Subject: Animals
Image Size: 16 x 15 1/2
Frame Size: 22 x 20 1/2
Gallery One: Cordier & Ekstrom
Gallery One Identifier: CE 128
Availability: Gifted from Collection

A large snake coils upon the chin of a human.

Pid: obj108
Title: Untitled
Description: A large snake coils upon the chin of a human.
Year: c. 2013 - 2017
Medium: Collage
Series Subject: Animals
Image Size: 17 1/2 x 11 3/8
Frame Size: 26 1/2 x 20 1/4
Availability: Gifted from Collection

The silhouette of a figure gazes at snakes along the water's edge.

Pid: obj109
Title: Eurydice and the Serpents
Description: The silhouette of a figure gazes at snakes along the water's edge.
Year: 2010
Medium: Collage
Series Subject: Animals
Image Size: 10 x 13 3/4
Frame Size: 16 3/8 x 20
Gallery One: Berta Walker Gallery
Availability: Gifted from Collection

A whale balances a blue ball on its nose.

Pid: obj112
Title: Untitled
Description: A whale balances a blue ball on its nose.
Year: Unknown
Medium: Collage
Series Subject: Animals
Image Size: 23 x 20 3/4
Frame Size: 23 x 20 3/4
Availability: Gifted from Collection

The rear of a mans head shields the face of a bride.

Pid: obj113
Title: The Bride
Description: The rear of a mans head shields the face of a bride.
Year: Unknown
Medium: Collage
Series Subject: Brides
Image Size: 9 1/2 x 7 3/4
Frame Size: 20 3/4 x 17
Availability: Gifted from Collection

A top hat and shoe appear next to the words of a letter written in Italian with a postmark from Sicily.

Pid: obj142
Title: The Sicilian
Description: A top hat and shoe appear next to the words of a letter written in Italian with a postmark from Sicily.
Year: 2002
Medium: Collage
Series Subject: Letters, Words, Writing
Image Size: 16 3/4 x 20 3/4
Frame Size: 9 3/4 x 14
Availability: Gifted from Collection

A letter half removed from an envelope addressed to a resident of Amsterdam.

Pid: obj144
Title: Amsterdam
Description: A letter half removed from an envelope addressed to a resident of Amsterdam.
Year: 2012
Medium: Collage
Series Subject: Letters, Words, Writing
Image Size: 6 x 6 1/2
Frame Size: 15 5/8 x 16 1/4
Availability: Gifted from Collection

An open hand presents the letters 'P A L M S.'

Pid: obj153
Title: Alms
Description: An open hand presents the letters 'P A L M S.'
Year: 2009
Medium: Assemblage
Series Subject: Letters, words, writing
Image Size: 12 1/2 x 14 1/2
Gallery One: Lori Bookstein
Gallery One Identifier: LBFA 3206
Availability: Gifted from Collection

A basket containing a loaf of bread sits upon a figure's shoulders replacing its head.

Pid: obj159
Title: Unknown
Description: A basket containing a loaf of bread sits upon a figure's shoulders replacing its head.
Year: Unknown
Medium: Collage
Series Subject: Bread
Image Size: 10 1/2 x 7 3/4
Frame Size: 20 3/4 x 16 3/4
Availability: Gifted from Collection

A fish, in color, within a black white basket of sliced bread.

Pid: obj163
Title: Untitled
Description: A fish, in color, within a black white basket of sliced bread.
Year: Unknown
Medium: Collage
Series Subject: Bread
Image Size: 7 1/2 x 7 1/2
Frame Size: 18 1/2 x 22 1/2
Availability: Gifted from Collection

A ship sails behind a tidal pool with crustaceans. A sky made up of flowers makes up the background.

Pid: obj165
Title: Untitled
Description: A ship sails behind a tidal pool with crustaceans. A sky made up of flowers makes up the background.
Year: Unknown
Medium: Collage
Series Subject: Maritime
Image Size: 13 x 14
Frame Size: 22 x 23
Availability: Gifted from Collection

A figure kicks a red ball.

Pid: obj187
Title: Untitled
Description: A figure kicks a red ball.
Year: Unknown
Medium: Drawing
Series Subject: Portraits
Image Size: 30 x 20 1/4
Frame Size: 31 1/2 x 23 3/4
Availability: Gifted from Collection

A face with red eyes, and goatee made up red ribbon and blue triangle.

Pid: obj209
Title: Untitled
Description: A face with red eyes, and goatee made up red ribbon and blue triangle.
Year: Unknown
Medium: Collage
Series Subject: Portraits
Image Size: 9 1/4 x 7 3/4
Frame Size: 21 1/4 x 17 1/4
Availability: Gifted from Collection

A boy sits at a desk and draws a butterfly.

Pid: obj221
Title: Self Portrait Artist as Young Man
Description: A boy sits at a desk and draws a butterfly.
Year: 1989
Medium: Collage
Series Subject: Portraits
Image Size: 5 3/4 x 4 1/2
Frame Size: 17 3/4 x 14 3/4
Gallery One: Long Point Gallery
Availability: Gifted from Collection

A woman dances next to the forest.

Pid: obj228
Title: Untitled
Description: A woman dances next to the forest.
Year: Unknown
Medium: Collage
Series Subject: Portraits
Image Size: 6 1/2 x 5 1/2
Frame Size: 16 1/2 x 15 1/4
Availability: Gifted from Collection

Symmetrical roses and a forest scene appear to create the shape of human face.

Pid: obj237
Title: Untitled
Description: Symmetrical roses and a forest scene appear to create the shape of human face..
Year: Unknown
Medium: Collage
Series Subject: Portraits: Masks
Image Size: 6 1/2 x 5 3/4
Frame Size: 20 3/4 x 16 1/2
Gallery One: Alexander Gallery
Gallery One Identifier: VB12
Availability: Gifted from Collection

Three spheres: one white; one black; one grey with fibers.

Pid: obj244
Title: Untitled
Description: Three spheres: one white; one black; one grey with fibers.
Year: Unknown
Medium: Assemblage
Series Subject: Shapes
Image Size: 17 x 25 1/2
Frame Size: 20 3/4 x 29
Availability: Gifted from Collection

A horseshoe is nailed to a wooden cutting board.

Pid: obj248
Title: Untitled
Description: A horseshoe is nailed to a wooden cutting board.
Year: Unknown
Medium: Assemblage
Series Subject: Shapes
Image Size: 23 1/2 x 19
Frame Size: 28 3/4 x 25
Availability: Gifted from Collection