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Study for Agony

A work made of pen and black ink, and brush and black wash (recto) and brush and black ink wash and graphite (verso) on cream wove paper.
© 2018 The Arshile Gorky Foundation / The Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  • A work made of pen and black ink, and brush and black wash (recto) and brush and black ink wash and graphite (verso) on cream wove paper.

Date:

1947

Artist:

Arshile Gorky
American, born Ottoman Empire (Present Day Turkey), c. 1904–1948

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Arshile Gorky

Title

Study for Agony

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1947

Medium

Pen and black ink, and brush and black wash (recto) and brush and black ink wash and graphite (verso) on cream wove paper

Dimensions

34.2 × 25.3 cm (13 1/2 × 10 in.)

Credit Line

Edwin A. Bergman Memorial Fund

Reference Number

1986.108

Copyright

© 2018 The Arshile Gorky Foundation / The Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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