Study for Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia

Arshile Gorky (Vosdanik Manoog Adoian) (American (born in Van Province, Ottoman Empire, present-day Turkey), about 1904–1948)

1931–32

Medium/Technique India ink, with underdrawing in graphite pencil

Dimensions Sheet: 33 x 54 cm (13 x 21 1/4 in.)
Framed: 55.2 x 74.9 cm (21 3/4 x 29 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Susan W. Paine in honor of Malcolm Rogers on the occasion of his10th anniversary as Director of the MFA. Boston

Accession Number2004.2256

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsDrawings

InscriptionsIn graphite, verso, u.l.: #11248

ProvenanceThe artist's widow; Stephen Hahn; Allan Stone Gallery, New York; Stephen D. and Susan W. Paine, Cambridge, MA; her gift to the MFA, December 2004.