This abstract expressionist work features a dense, chaotic composition of floating organic forms and biomorphic shapes. The scene lacks a traditional focal point, instead presenting a rhythmic flow of layered colors and gestural lines that suggest a dreamlike, microscopic, or celestial environment. The composition is divided loosely by intersecting curves, with some areas appearing as skeletal structures or floral motifs, while others remain completely non-representational.
The color palette is vibrant and eclectic, mixing earthy browns and deep ochres with flashes of intense primary red, yellow, and cooling blues. The light within the painting feels internal, as if the forms are illuminated from behind, creating a sense of depth despite the lack of clear spatial perspective. Dark, defined black contours contrast with soft, smudged color fields, giving the work an energetic, tactile quality reminiscent of mixed-media charcoal and oil paint application.
The artwork appears as an unfurled sheet lying flat on a coarse, burlap-like surface, with a corresponding rectangular box positioned above it. Small text at the bottom center of the sheet identifies the work as 'THE LIVER IS THE COCK'S COMB' by Arshile Gorky. The overall mood is one of restless introspection and creative turbulence, characteristic of mid-20th-century surrealist-influenced abstraction.