Arshile GorkyAmerican, 1904–1948Abstraction
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The Museum of Modern Art
New York, United States
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- The museum's own collection data
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- Accession number
- 1528.1968
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Meanwhile, in the life of Arshile Gorky
The whole life5 April 1943
Daughter born: Maro Gorky
1944
Meets André Breton and the Surrealists
Gorky met André Breton and other well-known Surrealists.
8 August 1945
Daughter born: Natasha Gorky
1946–1948
A series of misfortunes: studio fire and cancer
His studio barn burned down, destroying his library and thirty of his paintings; he underwent a colostomy for cancer; and his wife, Agnes, had an affair with Roberto Matta.
1947
Painting shown at the Surrealists’ final exhibition in Paris
“The Liver Is the Cock’s Comb” was shown at the Surrealists’ final exhibition at the Galérie Maeght in Paris.
