Arshile Gorky

Study for Mechanics of Flying, Newark Airport Aviation Murals
c. 1936

A colorful abstract painting featuring a variety of shapes and forms in blue, yellow, red, brown, and black on a beige background. The composition is non-representational with organic and geometric elements intermingling.
A colorful abstract painting featuring a variety of shapes and forms in blue, yellow, red, brown, and black on a beige background. The composition is non-representational with organic and geometric elements intermingling.

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Date
c. 1936

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Opaque watercolor and graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 15 × 18 1/4in. (38.1 × 46.4 cm)

Accession number
80.16

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; 50th Anniversary Gift of Alan H. Temple

Rights and reproductions
© The Arshile Gorky Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Arshile Gorky
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