Composition

c. 1936-1939

Arshile Gorky

Artist, American, born Van Province, Ottoman Empire (now Turkey), c. 1904 - 1948

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 21.3 x 29.8 cm (8 3/8 x 11 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2007.141.19

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Costello,No.D0456

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist; Leonore Gallet (Leonora Portnoff?), New York, purchased 1938-1940; (New Art Center, January 23, 1964). (Weintraub Gallery, New York); Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased June 5, 1969; gift to NGA, 2007.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1981

  • Arshile Gorky 1904–1948: A Retrospective, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, April 24–July 19, 1981, no. 97, ill. in b/w, p. 139, as "Abstract Composition," dated c. 1931.

2014

  • Modern American Prints and Drawings from the Kainen Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2014-2015

Inscriptions

upper right in pen and black ink: Arshile

Markings

None.

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q64536492

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