Study for Mural for the Marine Transportation Building, New York World's Fair

Provenance

The artist; to Esther John H. Magruder II, Lincoln, Virginia, c.1940-43; to John H. Magruder III, Washington D.C., likely by gift, by 1968; to Henri Gallery, Washington D.C., by 1968; to Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, October 23,1968; purchased by National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., April 30, 1971.

Study for Mural for the Marine Transportation Building, New York World's Fair

Gorky, Arshile

1939

Accession Number

1971.59.1

Medium

opaque watercolor over graphite on paper mounted to board

Dimensions

sight size: 23.2 x 102 cm (9 1/8 x 40 3/16 in.) | framed (D): 2.3 cm (7/8 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of the Avalon Foundation