Arshile Gorky

Raphael Soyer

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. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Arshile Gorky

Date

1940

Medium

Oil on canvas

Classification

Painting

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

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