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ARSHILE GORKY US 1904-1948 OOC Abstract Framed

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ARSHILE GORKY US 1904-1948 OOC Abstract Framed
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Oil on canvas, framed. Featuring an abstract theme painting. Signed and attr. Arshile Gorky (American, 1904-1948), on the lower right corner. 40.5 x 51 cm (15.9 x 20.1 in.). The “Michelangelo of caricature,” Honore Daumier famously satirized France’s bourgeoisie and justice system, and masterfully exposed the misery of the masses through the emerging medium of lithography. Grotesque caricatures of government officials endeared him to the public, although one-too-many scathing renderings of King Louis-Philippe also landed him six months in prison. Thereafter, he stuck to the safer ground of deriding archetypal professionals such as doctors, professors, and especially lawyers and judges, whom he deemed cruel and pretentious. PROVENANCE: Southern Ontario estate