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DrawingsAmerican20th century

Flowers

1943

Artists

Arshile GorkyArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite and colored wax crayons with extensive stumping, erasure and working with a sharp tool, on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

35.4 x 56.4 cm (13 15/16 x 22 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Julian Levy, New York, New York. [Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, 1957, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1993. NOTE: Provenance information from the curatorial file.

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