Arshile Gorky: Goats on the Roof : a Life in Letters and Documents

Arshile Gorky: Goats on the Roof : a Life in Letters and Documents
ISBN-10
1905464258
ISBN-13
9781905464258
Series
Arshile Gorky
Category
Biography & Autobiography / General
Pages
510
Language
English
Published
2009
Publisher
Ridinghouse
Author
Arshile Gorky

Description

"Goats on the Roof tells the story of Arshile Gorky's life through his personal letters, the correspondence between friends and family and key contemporary reviews. An intimate portrait of the artist, this group of letters and documents shows Gorky's struggle for recognition, his devotion to his family and his connection to his Armenian heritage. Gorky's gradual reception by the art world is seen obliquely through interviews and personal accounts. Only after his death has he come to be acknowledged as a seminal figure in the development of Abstract Expressionism. This volume includes many previously unpublished texts by and about Gorky, compiled and introduced by Matthew Spender." --Book Jacket.

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