Arshile Gorky Catalogue Raisonné

Artist’s Marginalia

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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Page 269

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D4075

Back cover

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