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Pre-Columbian Art

Virginia—-Summer
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Virginia—-Summer

Arshile Gorky

Virginia—-Summer

1946

Pencil and crayon on paper

© 2002 Estate of Arshile Gorky/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

92.424



Gorky formed a crucial bridge between European Surrealism and American Abstract Expressionism. Although his mature style always referred to nature, it did so in a fragmented, allusive way. This satisfyingly integrated drawing was created at the Virginia farm where Gorky was recovering from an operation. Not strong enough to paint, Gorky created perhaps his most remarkable body of drawings—some 300 sheets—in that summer of 1946.

Museum purchase with funds provided by Oveta Culp Hobby







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