Arshile Gorky

Portrait of Bart van der Schelling

c. 1939

A line drawing on aged paper depicting the profile of a person's face and upper body. The drawing is minimalistic, with clean, contour lines outlining the features such as the nose, eye, ear, and collar of the garment. The person appears to be looking to the right, and there is a visible hand near the bottom left of the image. The paper has some discoloration and creases, indicating it may be an older work.
A line drawing on aged paper depicting the profile of a person's face and upper body. The drawing is minimalistic, with clean, contour lines outlining the features such as the nose, eye, ear, and collar of the garment. The person appears to be looking to the right, and there is a visible hand near the bottom left of the image. The paper has some discoloration and creases, indicating it may be an older work.

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Date
c. 1939

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pen and ink on paper napkin

Dimensions
Sheet: 16 1/4 × 13 1/2in. (41.3 × 34.3 cm)

Accession number
79.48

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Dr. Aron Krich

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

API
artworks/2397

Arshile Gorky
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