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Three Forms

A work made of pen and brush and black ink with traces of oil paint on ivory wove paper with a graphite underdrawing.
© 2018 The Arshile Gorky Foundation / The Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  • A work made of pen and brush and black ink with traces of oil paint on ivory wove paper with a graphite underdrawing.

Date:

1937

Artist:

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

About this artwork

Born to a peasant family in Turkish Armenia, Arshile Gorky was deeply affected by the terrible hardships and poverty of his first 15 years. He immigrated to the United States in 1920, after witnessing his mother’s death from starvation. Once established in America, his artistic style rapidly moved from formal, classical depiction toward abstraction.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Arshile Gorky

Title

Three Forms

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1937

Medium

Pen and brush and black ink with traces of oil paint on ivory wove paper with a graphite underdrawing

Dimensions

57.2 × 73.7 cm (22 9/16 × 29 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Grant J. Pick Memorial Fund

Reference Number

1968.35

Copyright

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

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