Artist
Arshile Gorky (American, born in Khorkom, Van Province, Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkey), c.1904–1948)American, born in Khorkom, Van Province, Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkey), c.1904–1948
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia
Date1931
PlaceUnited States
MediumInk on wove paper
Dimensions21 1/2 × 29 5/8 in. (54.6 × 75.2 cm)
Frame (outer): 30 1/8 × 38 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (76.5 × 97.8 × 5.7 cm)
Frame (outer): 30 1/8 × 38 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (76.5 × 97.8 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Caroline Wiess Law
Object number2004.17
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Exhibition History"Surrealist Drawings," Danese, New York, January 8–February 13, 1999.
"Drawing Surrealism, 1915-1945," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, October 21, 2012–January 6, 2013; Morgan Library and Museum, New York, January 25–May 12, 2013.
"Around Midcentury in the United States," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Oct. 28, 2020 – July 27, 2021. [Inaugural Installation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in ink recto upper right: "A. Gorky 1931"
Exhibition back label: "DANESE...(GORKI) ... NEW YORK ..."
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