Arshile Gorky

Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Raphael Soyer American, born Russia, 1899–1987. Arshile Gorky, 1940. Oil on canvas, 12 × 9 in. (30.5 × 22.9 cm) frame: 18 × 15 × 1 5/8 in. (45.7 × 38.1 × 4.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Nat Shapiro in memory of his father, Louis Shapiro, 50.82. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 50.82.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Arshile Gorky
Date
1940
Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Dimensions
12 × 9 in. (30.5 × 22.9 cm) frame: 18 × 15 × 1 5/8 in. (45.7 × 38.1 × 4.1 cm)
Signatures
Lower right: Raphael / Soyer
Inscriptions
Verso center, in oil, in Soyer's hand: PORTRAIT OF / GORKY / by / Raphael Soyer
Credit Line
Gift of Nat Shapiro in memory of his father, Louis Shapiro
Accession Number
50.82
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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