Arshile Gorky

(Christmas card)
c. 1931

A vintage print on textured paper featuring a stylized black ink block print of a figure playing a stringed instrument, with the word "GREETINGS" on the right side. The left side of the paper has handwritten text that appears to be a signature. The edges of the paper are rough, suggesting it may be hand-cut or torn.
A vintage print on textured paper featuring a stylized black ink block print of a figure playing a stringed instrument, with the word "GREETINGS" on the right side. The left side of the paper has handwritten text that appears to be a signature. The edges of the paper are rough, suggesting it may be hand-cut or torn.

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Date
c. 1931

Classification
Prints

Medium
Woodcut

Dimensions
Sheet: 6 1/8 × 9 1/8in. (15.6 × 23.2 cm) Image: 6 × 3 15/16in. (15.2 × 10 cm)

Accession number
87.9

Edition
Small edition for friends

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

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

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