Lot #1623: ARSHILE GORKY - Composition - Crayon and ink on paper

 

Artist: Arshile Gorky (Armenian/American, 1904-1948).
Title: "Composition [untitled]".
Medium: Crayon and ink on paper.
Date: Composed c1946.
Dimensions: Overall size: 8 1/4 x 11 9/16 in. (210 x 294 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed lower right. Light cream wove paper. Very good condition. Comment(s): Gorky, born Vosdanig Manoug Atoian, had a seminal influence on Abstract Expressionism. His works may well have been influenced by the suffering and loss he experienced during the Armenian Genocide, recently acknowledged by Pope Francis. Gorky arrived in America in 1920, later changing his name to Arshile Gorky. Image copyright © The Estate of Arshile Gorky / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [28762-2-4000]