Harry Rand - Arshile Gorky: The Implications of Symbols
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Harry Rands critically acclaimed study of Gorkys brief, troubled life and artistic development is finally available in paperback.All of Gorkys major themes are touched on and his major paintings dealt with in some depth, with attention to the details of the individual works, and frequently to the drawings and preliminary studies from which the paintings evolved. The discussion centers on the images that united the pieces as they develop from work to work. Rand explores Gorky as well as possible sources and their relationship to the body of Gorkys art. A concluding chapter reassesses Gorkys impact on the New York School in light of a new understanding of his aims and methods.Through close study of Gorkys oeuvre, the author deciphers an iconography revealing the unexpected and systematic use of explicit ideas and symbols as well as commonplace objects, settings, and personas from the artists life.
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The Publisher wishes to acknowledge with gratitude the generosity of the following people and organizations in support of this book: Mrs. and Mrs. Robert Kogod Sy Newhouse Mr. and Mrs. Morris Ostin Allan Stone Gallery Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza Richard Weisman
University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. Oxford, England First University of California Press printing 1991 1980, 1991 by Harry Rand
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rand, Harry. Arshile Gorky: the implications of symbols / Harry Rand. p. cm. Reprint. Originally published: Montclair, N.J.: Allanheld & Schram, 1981. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-520-06371-6 (cloth: alk. paper). ISBN 0-520-06345-7 (pbk.) 1. Gorky, Arshile, 19041948. 2. Artists United StatesBiography. I. Title. [N6537.G65R354 1991] 759.13dc20 90-47360
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The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
Page v
For my parents
Page vii
Contents
List of Illustrations
viii
Preface
xviii
Introduction
xx
One An Artist's Life
1
Two Early Portraits
13
Three The Murals: Foreshadowing the Critical Climate
36
Four Nighttime, Enigma, and Nostalgia
58
Five The Garden in Sochi
78
Six Figures in Landscapes, 19431944
95
Seven Interiors, 1945
119
Eight The Calendars, 19461947
133
Nine The Orators, 19461947
159
Ten The Betrothal
168
Eleven The Limit, 1947
190
Twelve Four Last Themes
201
Thirteen The Black Monk
227
Fourteen Retrospect
231
Appendix The Gorky Literature
247
Bibliography
252
Photographic Credits
270
Index
271
Page viii
Illustrations
Color Plates (following page)
200
Plate I. Head Composition, 1938. Oil, 27'' 34". Private collection.
Plate II. Sketch for the Ben Marden Riviera Club mural, c. 1941. Private collection.
Plate III. Waterfall, 1943. Oil on canvas, 60 1/2" 44 1/2". The Tate Gallery, London.
Plate IV. Waterfall, 1943. Oil on canvas, 30" 26". Private collection.
Plate V. Water of the Flowery Mill, 1944. Oil on canvas, 42 1/2" 48 3/4". The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. George A. Hearn Fund, 1956.
Plate VI. Good Afternoon, Mrs. Lincoln, 1944. Oil on canvas, 30" 37 1/2". Courtesy Allan Stone Gallery.
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