Standing Female Nude

c. 1930

Arshile Gorky

Associated Names
Arshile Gorky

Artist, American, born Van Province, Ottoman Empire (now Turkey), c. 1904 - 1948

The artwork features an abstract composition with a complex arrangement of geometric shapes and lines. The shapes are angular and fragmented. The use of soft pinks, blues, and grays creates an interplay of colors, while areas of darker shading add depth. Some shapes resemble objects like limbs or body parts, but they are distorted and interwoven. The background includes textured patterns and collaged elements, enhancing the overall complexity.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    opaque watercolor with collage on paper mounted on board

  • Credit Line

    Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 76.04 × 50.96 cm (29 15/16 × 20 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.77.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Costello,No.D0066

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie Patrick Derom, Brussels, Belgium); purchased by NGA, 2015

Associated Names

Bibliography

2014

  • Kerr, Melissa, Arshile Gorky, Drawings from the Thirties. Exh. cat. Patrick Derom Gallery, Brussels, 2014: no. 1.

2015

  • Robison, Andrew. "Gifts and Acquisitions: Arshile Gorky, Standing Female Nude." National Gallery of Art Bulletin 52 (Fall 2015): 40-41, repro.

Inscriptions

center right, artist's hand: "Gorky"

Wikidata ID

Q64536495

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