Three Forms
<p>Born to a peasant family in Turkish Armenia, Arshile Gorky was deeply affected by the terrible hardships and poverty of his first 15 years. He immigrated to the United States in 1920, after witnessing his mother’s death from starvation. Once established in America, his artistic style rapidly moved from formal, classical depiction toward abstraction.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1937
- Dimensions
- 57.2 × 73.7 cm (22 9/16 × 29 1/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
More
More by this artist
Untitled
1947 · Charcoal, with stumping, smudging, and erasing, and touches of red-orange and green crayon, on ivory laid paper
Agony
1947 · Oil on canvas
Study for Agony
1947 · Pen and black ink, and brush and black wash (recto) and brush and black ink wash and graphite (verso) on cream wove paper
Summation
1947 · Pencil, pastel, and charcoal on buff paper mounted on board
The Plow and the Song
1946 · Oil on canvas
Young Cherry Trees Secured Against Hare
1946 · Book with 2 drawings in pen and black ink, one with white opaque watercolor and the other with red opaque watercolor, on gray laid paper, tipped into book
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Year
- 1937
- Dimensions
- 57.2 × 73.7 cm (22 9/16 × 29 1/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1937-113229
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified