Construction 1935

Construction 1935

Construction 1935

Artist: ARSHILE GORKY
Date: 1935
Medium: pen and ink on paper
Classification: Visual Works
Credit Line: Gift of Walter Cerf
Object number: 1982.26.3
DescriptionConglomeration of rectangular, circular and linear forms all done in simple line drawing; no hatch marks or shading; forms are on the left side contained by a line which enters horizontally fom the right, 3.5 cm down, pushes in 5 cm, then gently slants to the bottom of the page; artist's signature is on right in the middle of the blank space created from the line; conglomeration of shapes includes a large circle 6.5 cm diameter, by the projecting arm with a circle at the end of a large rectangle (11 cm x 3.5 cm) which slants towrd the right; a long thin rectangular form with a rectangualr chunk missing slants in toward the right from top left to the bottom of the contstruction; the construction forms a V with a flat bottom; within this are two small circles connected by an X and a line with a small circle at the bottom, among assorted rectangular and circular shapes
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