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The astounding story of a newly discovered Gorky painting
In 1946, Arshile Gorky (1904-48) spent the summer at Crooked Run Farm in Lincoln, Virginia. In this time he produced almost 300 drawings, including a study for one of his most remarkable paintings,
The Limit
(1947)--which he described as the outcome of being "so lonely, exasperated, and how to paint such empty space--so empty it's the limit." Also among Gorky's output that summer was a related series later referred to as the
Virginia Summer
drawings. During a 2020 treatment on
, conservators discovered another work nested behind it--an expressively painted canvas immediately recognizable by its relationship to the
drawings.
Beyond The Limit
reveals this newly discovered painting, referred to as
Untitled (Virginia Summer)
. A series of brushstroke details positions readers close to both canvases, along with a plate section that presents both paintings, select drawings and reference works.
In 1946, Arshile Gorky (1904-48) spent the summer at Crooked Run Farm in Lincoln, Virginia. In this time he produced almost 300 drawings, including a study for one of his most remarkable paintings,
The Limit
(1947)--which he described as the outcome of being "so lonely, exasperated, and how to paint such empty space--so empty it's the limit." Also among Gorky's output that summer was a related series later referred to as the
Virginia Summer
drawings. During a 2020 treatment on
, conservators discovered another work nested behind it--an expressively painted canvas immediately recognizable by its relationship to the
drawings.
Beyond The Limit
reveals this newly discovered painting, referred to as
Untitled (Virginia Summer)
. A series of brushstroke details positions readers close to both canvases, along with a plate section that presents both paintings, select drawings and reference works.
The astounding story of a newly discovered Gorky painting
In 1946, Arshile Gorky (1904-48) spent the summer at Crooked Run Farm in Lincoln, Virginia. In this time he produced almost 300 drawings, including a study for one of his most remarkable paintings,
The Limit
(1947)--which he described as the outcome of being "so lonely, exasperated, and how to paint such empty space--so empty it's the limit." Also among Gorky's output that summer was a related series later referred to as the
Virginia Summer
drawings. During a 2020 treatment on
, conservators discovered another work nested behind it--an expressively painted canvas immediately recognizable by its relationship to the
drawings.
Beyond The Limit
reveals this newly discovered painting, referred to as
Untitled (Virginia Summer)
. A series of brushstroke details positions readers close to both canvases, along with a plate section that presents both paintings, select drawings and reference works.
In 1946, Arshile Gorky (1904-48) spent the summer at Crooked Run Farm in Lincoln, Virginia. In this time he produced almost 300 drawings, including a study for one of his most remarkable paintings,
The Limit
(1947)--which he described as the outcome of being "so lonely, exasperated, and how to paint such empty space--so empty it's the limit." Also among Gorky's output that summer was a related series later referred to as the
Virginia Summer
drawings. During a 2020 treatment on
, conservators discovered another work nested behind it--an expressively painted canvas immediately recognizable by its relationship to the
drawings.
Beyond The Limit
reveals this newly discovered painting, referred to as
Untitled (Virginia Summer)
. A series of brushstroke details positions readers close to both canvases, along with a plate section that presents both paintings, select drawings and reference works.
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