One Year the Milkweed

Provenance

The estate of the artist; private collection, late 1960s;[1] (Xavier Fourcade, Inc., New York); purchased 28 February 1979 by NGA. [1] This is possibly A.G. Phillips, whose name appears on 1966 and 1968 Museum of Modern Art (New York) loan labels removed from the backing board of the painting, in NGA curatorial files.

One Year the Milkweed

Gorky, Arshile

1944

Accession Number

1979.13.2

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 94.2 x 119.3 cm (37 1/16 x 46 15/16 in.) | framed: 97.1 x 122.5 x 3.8 cm (38 1/4 x 48 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund