Artist Monograph

Arshile Gorky, American

American, born Van Province, Ottoman Empire (now Turkey). c. 1904–1948

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	10	55.6%
Oil Painting	6	33.3%
Lithography	1	5.6%
Other Media	1	5.6%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	10	55.6%
Painting & Sculpture	7	38.9%
Architecture & Design	1	5.6%

Classification Types

Drawing — 9
Painting — 7
Print — 1
Design — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	4	22.2%
Medium (30–100 cm)	9	50%
Large (1–3 m)	5	27.8%

Range: 6.0 cm → 295.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1940	1
1941	2
1942	1
1950	1
1956	1
1963	3
1966	1
1967	1
1968	1
1969	2
1975	1
1977	1
1985	1
1996	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 5, 522" — 2

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 18 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled Drawing Acc. 209.1963	c. 1930–35	Pencil on paper	sheet: 2 11/16 × 1 3/4" (6.9 × 4.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham L. Chanin
Untitled (Standing Nude with Seated Nude) Drawing Acc. 210.1963	c. 1930–35	Pencil on paper	sheet: 2 11/16 × 1 5/8" (6.9 × 4.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham L. Chanin
Mannikin Print Acc. 929.1940	1931	Lithograph	composition: 14 13/16 x 11 7/16" (37.6 x 29 cm); sheet: 18 7/8 x 14 1/16" (48 x 35.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Untitled (Nighttime, Enigma, and Nostalgia: Objects) Drawing Acc. 157.1966	c. 1931–32	Pencil on paper	22 1/4 x 28 3/4" (56.5 x 73 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Richard S. Zeisler
Objects Drawing Acc. 324.1941	1932	Ink on paper	22 x 29 7/8" (56.1 x 75.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Van Gogh Purchase Fund
Untitled (Écorché, After Pierre Puget) Drawing Acc. 79.1996	c. 1932	Pencil on paper	sheet: 24 3/4 × 19 1/8" (62.9 × 48.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds provided by Leon D. Black
Untitled (Seated Woman with Palette) Drawing Acc. 211.1963	c. 1932–35	Pencil on paper	sheet: 2 3/8 × 1 7/16" (6 × 3.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham L. Chanin
Argula Painting Acc. 323.1941	1938	Oil on canvas	15 x 24" (38.1 x 61 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Bernard Davis
Portrait of Leonore Gallet Drawing Acc. 429.1975	c. 1938-40	Pencil on paper	sheet (irreg.): 12 1/2 × 9 1/2" (31.8 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Kay Sage Tanguy Bequest (by exchange)
Garden in Sochi Painting Acc. 335.1942	1941	Oil on canvas	44 1/4 x 62 1/4" (112.4 x 158.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Purchase Fund and gift of Mr. and Mrs. Wolfgang S. Schwabacher (by exchange)
Bull in the Sun Rug Design Acc. 199.1956	1942	Wool	85 x 116 1/2" (215.9 x 295.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 215.90 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Monroe Wheeler
Garden in Sochi Painting Acc. 492.1969	c. 1943	Oil on canvas	31 x 39" (78.7 x 99 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange)
The Leaf of the Artichoke Is an Owl Painting Acc. 632.1977	1944	Oil on canvas	28 x 35 7/8" (71.1 x 91.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection Fund
Abstraction Drawing Acc. 1528.1968	c. 1945-46	Ink and crayon on paper	sheet: 4 1/4 × 5 3/8" (10.8 × 13.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Monroe Wheeler
Diary of a Seducer Painting Acc. 340.1985	1945	Oil on canvas	50 x 62" (126.7 x 157.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William A. M. Burden
Study for Summation Drawing Acc. 605.1967	1946	Pencil and crayon on paper	sheet: 18 1/2 × 24 1/16" (47 × 61.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection
Agony Painting Acc. 88.1950	1947	Oil on canvas	40 x 50 1/2" (101.6 x 128.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	A. Conger Goodyear Fund
Summation Painting Acc. 234.1969	1947	Pencil, pastel, and charcoal on buff paper mounted on board	6' 7 5/8" x 8' 5 3/4" (202.1 x 258.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Nina and Gordon Bunshaft Fund