Arshile Gorky working on Activities on the field
Object Details
- Creator
- Federal Art Project. Photographic Division
- Subject
- Gorky, Arshile
- Place of publication, production, or execution
- Other
- Physical Description
- 1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm.
- Summary
- Photo shows Gorky on a step ladder, working on Activities on the field, one of the panels for his mural Aviation at the Newark Airport. The murals were commissioned by the Federal Art Project.
Identification on verso (stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photographic Division; 235 East 42nd Street; New York City. - Citation
- Federal Art Project. Photographic Division. Arshile Gorky working on Activities on the field, 1936. Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection, circa 1920-1965. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Use Note
- U.S. public domain
- Location Note
- Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
- 1936
- Record number
- (DSI-AAA)3043
- Type
- Photographs
- See more items in
- Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection, circa 1920-1965, bulk 1935-1942
- Archives of American Art
- Topic
- Artists at or with their work
- Federal aid to the arts
- Murals
- New Deal, 1933-1939
- Record ID
- AAADCD_item_3043
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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