The Plow and the Song

Provenance

Estate of the artist; to Julien Levy Gallery, New York, 1947; to Julien Levy, Bridgewater Connecticut, 1949; to Estate of Arshile Gorky, by 1953; to Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, May 13, 1953; to Elvine "V.V." [Magruder] and Paul Scott Rankine, Washington, DC;by October 29, 1955; to Stephen Mazoh & Co., New York. after 1966; purchased 1971 by NGA with funds from the Avalon Foundation.

The Plow and the Song

Gorky, Arshile

1946

Accession Number

1971.58.1

Medium

charcoal pencil, charcoal with erasing, pastel, graphite pencil, and spatters of oil paint on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 122 x 150.3 cm (48 1/16 x 59 3/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of the Avalon Foundation