Lot #126: ARSHILE GORKY - Composition with Face - Crayon and ink on paper

 

Artist: Arshile Gorky (Armenian/American, 1904-1948).
Title: "Composition with Face".
Medium: Crayon and ink on paper.
Date: Composed 1946.
Dimensions: Overall size: 8 1/4 x 11 5/8 in. (210 x 295 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed, dated, and dedicated upper right; signed lower left. Painted on white wove paper. Fine 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. [29822-2-18000]