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DrawingsAmerican20th century

Study for "The Plow and the Song"

1945-1946

Artists

Arshile GorkyArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Two kinds of graphite, colored wax crayons, spatters of oil paint, squared in graphite and brown crayon, on cream wove paper mounted on masonite

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

46 x 64.6 cm (18 1/8 x 25 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Agnes Gorky Phillips. [Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, 1958, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1993. NOTE: Provenance information from the curatorial file.

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