Artist’s Marginalia
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Photo: Antonio Carloni
D4075
The drawing is located on the back cover of the periodical Abstraction-création: art non-figuratif 2 (1933).
Notes
The drawing is compositionally related to a series of abstract works which is now referred to as "Nighttime, Enigma, and Nostalgia." While Gorky worked on the series from 1929 to 1936, it was between 1931 and 1934 that he was most dedicated to developing the composition. Ultimately, he produced nearly one hundred drawings and three related paintings (see related theme: Nighttime, Enigma, and Nostalgia).
In ink, upper left: Arshele Gorky
Marginalia from Abstraction-Création 1933
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