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Study for "Agony"
Study for "Agony"

Study for "Agony"

Artist Arshile Gorky American, born Turkish Armenia, 1904–1948
Date1946–1947
MediumPen and ink with crayon on paper
Dimensions8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. John Foushee
Object numberG.63.40.1
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCreated New York, 1946–1947; collection of the artist; estate of the artist, 1948; to widow, Agnes Magruder Gorky (later Mrs. John C. Phillips); to Mr. and Mrs. John M. Foushee, Sr., Chapel Hill, NC, ca. 1955; given to NCMA, 1963.
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