id:			138763
accession number:	1963.152
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1963.152
updated:		2019-11-18 10:58:57.227000

Untitled, 1944. Arshile Gorky (American, 1904-1948). Oil and graphite on canvas; framed: 68 x 82 x 5 cm (26 3/4 x 32 5/16 x 1 15/16 in.); unframed: 49.5 x 63.5 cm (19 1/2 x 25 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art 1963.152 © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

title:				Untitled
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creation date:			1944
creation date earliest:		1944
creation date latest:		1944
current location:		226B American Modern
creditline:			Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art
copyright:			© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	oil and graphite on canvas
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Arshile Gorky (American, 1904-1948)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 68 x 82 x 5 cm (26 3/4 x 32 5/16 x 1 15/16 in.); Unframed: 49.5 x 63.5 cm (19 1/2 x 25 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed lower right: A. Gorky
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1963)
	opening date:   1963-11-26T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1963)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 26, 1963-January 5, 1964).

	title:		Images of the Mind
	opening date:   1987-07-07T04:00:00
	<i>Images of the Mind</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 7-August 30, 1987).

	title:		Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
	opening date:   1991-06-07T04:00:00
	<i>Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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After immigrating to the United States in 1920 and renaming himself after the Russian writer Maksim Gorky, Arshile Gorky set out to retrace the evolution of modern art. Almost wholly self-taught, he painted in various styles, mimicking Impressionism, Cubism, and especially the artistic style of Pablo Picasso. As he matured, his art combined the magical, dreamlike elements typical of Surrealism with the exuberance and emotional charge that would later be found in abstract expressionism. Around 1942, Gorky achieved the style for which he is most recognized. <em>Untitled</em>, with its swiftly drawn lines, sensuous biomorphic shapes, and spontaneous, luminous washes of color is an exceptional example of this period. In a letter to his sister, sent the year <em>Untitled</em> was painted, Gorky wrote: "It is as if some ancient Armenian spirit within me moves my hand to create . . .the shapes of nature we loved in the gardens . . . of our family in Khorkom. Our beautiful Armenia which we lost and which I will repossess in my art."
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Litt, Steven. "Great Details in Great Work." <em>The Plain Dealer </em>January 9, 2011.
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	"Gorky." Sidney Janis exhibition catalogue, 1957. No. 16
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	"Late Drawings by Gorky." Sidney Janis catalogue, Sept. 28-Oct. 24, 1959.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 15
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	Rosenberg, Harold. <em>Arshile Gorky: The Man, The Time, The Idea. </em>New York: Horizon Press Inc., 1962.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 81
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	<em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>50, no. 8. (October 1963).
	page number: 	Reproduced: cover
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	"Year in Review 1963." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>50, no. 10 (December 1963).
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 295
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	Levy, Julien. <em>Arshile Gorky. </em>New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1965.
	page number: 	Reproduced: plates 90, 103
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 198
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n222

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 249
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n269

	Jordan, Jim M. "Gorky at the Guggenheim." <em>Art Journal </em>41, no. 3 (August, 1981- The Russian Avant-Garde).
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 264
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	Lader, Melvin P. <em>Gorky. </em>New York: Abbevile Press, 1985.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 82
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