Deciphering the language of paint in Arshile Gorky's Water of the Flowery Mill.

"It's like an extraordinary kind of life that is in the process of procreation."

Curator Sheena Wagstaff deciphers the language of Arshile Gorky's painting "Water of the Flowery Mill."

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Photography by Joseph Coscia Jr.

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