Art, literature & historyThree Forms
1937
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Pen and brush and black ink with traces of oil paint on ivory wove paper with a graphite underdrawing
- Dimensions
- 57.2 × 73.7 cm (22 9/16 × 29 1/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1968.35
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Three Forms — Arshile Gorky. 1937.
Medium: Pen and brush and black ink with traces of oil paint on ivory wove paper with a graphite underdrawing. Dimensions: 57.2 × 73.7 cm (22 9/16 × 29 1/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Born to a peasant family in Turkish Armenia, Arshile Gorky was deeply affected by the terrible hardships and poverty of his first 15 years. He immigrated to the United States in 1920, after witnessing his mother’s death from starvation. Once established in America, his artistic style rapidly moved from formal, classical depiction toward abstraction.
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Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.