Virginia Landscape, 1944

Not on View

Medium

graphite and crayon on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 55.8 x 76.2 cm (21 15/16 x 30 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Walter Salant, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary ofthe National Gallery of Art

Catalogue Raisonné

Costello, No.D1060

Accession Number

1991.43.1

Artists / Makers

Arshile Gorky (artist) American, born Van Province, Ottoman Empire (now Turkey), c. 1904 - 1948

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Inscription

upper left in graphite: A. Gorky / 44, "#2563"; upper left, pencil, unknown hand, upper right: 2 [circled]; lower right: 175-, pencil, unknown hand, verso.

Marks and Labels

None.

Provenance

World House Gallery, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Salant.

Associated Names

Salant, Walter, Mr. and Mrs.

Exhibition History

1957: Arshile Gorky, Galleria dell'Obelisco, Rome, February 4–18, 1957. (Exhibition brochure: Afro 1957), no. 23 (Disegni), as "Disegno a colori 1944".

1991: Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, 360-361, color repro.

1995: Arshile Gorky: The Breakthrough Years, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 1995-1996, no. 35, repro. (shown only in Washington and Buffalo).

2001: A Century of Drawing, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, no. 74.

Bibliography

1991: Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: p.360.

1995: Arshile Gorky: The Breakthrough Years. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 1995-1996: no. 35.

2001: A Century of Drawing. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002: no. 74.