{"product_id":"one-year-the-milkweed","title":"One Year the Milkweed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist: \u003c\/strong\u003eArshile Gorky (American, 1904–1948)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal Dimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e37 1\/16\" x 46 15\/16\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLocation:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Artwork: \u003c\/strong\u003e (1944) \"In \u003cem\u003eOne Year the Milkweed\u003c\/em\u003e, one of several so-called color veil paintings Gorky made in 1944, films of paint have been washed unevenly across the canvas, and evocative but indistinct forms have been brushed in. Overall green and brown hues suggest a landscape, but there are no identifiable landscape forms and no spatial recession. Instead, vertical drips and the alternation of light and deep tones create a shifting, shimmering effect across the entire picture surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGorky spent most of 1944 at the country estate of his wife's parents in Hamilton, Virginia, drawing, painting, and observing the changes of the seasons. His mood in \u003cem\u003eOne Year the Milkweed\u003c\/em\u003e is one of lyricism and ease, and the painting could be described as a kind of abstract pastoral. The loose, wash technique of \u003cem\u003eOne Year the Milkweed \u003c\/em\u003ereflects Gorky's interest in the surrealist procedure of automatism, which exploited apparently accidental effects arrived at by painting and drawing without premeditation. In surrealist theory, those accidental effects were seen as revelatory of unconscious thought processes. The title of \u003cem\u003eOne Year the Milkweed\u003c\/em\u003e was given to the painting by Gorky's friend, the great surrealist poet and theorist André Breton.\" - (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nga.gov\/artworks\/56936-one-year-milkweed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"National Gallery of Art Washington DC - One Year the Milkweed\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eNational Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arshile Gorky","offers":[{"title":"No Size Selected (Select a Size)","offer_id":49839600009459,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Replica Size (37 1\/16\" x 46 15\/16\")","offer_id":49839600042227,"sku":null,"price":2696.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Signature Size (15 7\/8\" x 20 1\/8\")","offer_id":49839600074995,"sku":null,"price":695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Classic Size (19 1\/2\" x 24 5\/8\")","offer_id":49839600107763,"sku":null,"price":895.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Gallery Size (23 7\/8\" x 30 1\/4\")","offer_id":49839600140531,"sku":null,"price":1295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Statement Size (30 3\/4\" x 39\")","offer_id":49839600173299,"sku":null,"price":1995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Grand Size (37\" x 46 3\/4\")","offer_id":49839600206067,"sku":null,"price":2795.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Estate Size (43 1\/2\" x 55 1\/8\")","offer_id":49839600238835,"sku":null,"price":3695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Museum Size (52 1\/4\" x 66 1\/8\")","offer_id":49839600271603,"sku":null,"price":4995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/5738\/6483\/files\/OneYeartheMilkweed.jpg?v=1783494543","url":"https:\/\/commissionedpaintings.com\/products\/one-year-the-milkweed","provider":"Commissioned Paintings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}