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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1974.35
People
Arshile Gorky, American ( Vosdanig Adoian in Khorkom (present-day Dilkaya), Van Province, Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkey) 1904 - 1948 Sherman, CT)
Raphael Soyer, American (Borisoglebsk, Russia 1899 - 1987 New York, NY)
Title
Raphael Soyer (1899-1987)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1940-1945
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/309046

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black crayon on cream laid paper
Dimensions
22.1 x 17.4 cm (8 11/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.r., graphite: Soyer by / Gorky
  • inscription: verso, graphite: 1973A

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Arshile Gorky; to Raphael Soyer, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1974.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Raphael Soyer, in honor of Harry Rand
Copyright
© 2020 The Arshile Gorky Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1974
Object Number
1974.35
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Grid of vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines laid over portrait.

Publication History

  • Brooks Joyner, The Drawings of Arshile Gorky, University of Maryland Art Department and Art Gallery (College Park, MD, 1969), pps. 8 and 55, catalogue checklist no. 13
  • Arshile Gorky: Drawings to Paintings, exh. cat., University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX, 1975), checklist, p. 106

Exhibition History

  • The Drawings of Arshile Gorky, University of Maryland Art Department and Art Gallery, College Park, 03/20/1969 - 04/27/1969
  • Arshile Gorky: Drawings to Paintings, University of Texas at Austin Art Museum, Austin, 10/12/1975 - 11/23/1975; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, 12/04/1975 - 01/12/1976; Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, 02/10/1976 - 03/14/1976; Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, 04/04/1976 - 05/09/1976

Verification Level

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