Arshile Gorky: The Man, the Time, the Idea

by Harold Rosenberg

Text by Harold Rosenberg. Numerous black and white illustrations and some color plates. Chronology, selected bibliography, writings by Gorky, a poem by André Breton dedicated to the Artist ("Farewell to Arshile Gorky") / Testo di Harold Rosenberg. Numerose illustrazioni in bianco e nero e alcune tavole a colori. Cronologia, bibliografia selezionata, scritti di Gorky, una poesia di André Breton dedicata all'Artista ("Farewell to Arshile Gorky") . 8vo pp. 144 Rilegato tela, sovracoperta (cloth, dust jacket) Ottimo (Fine)

144 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1981

Reviews

[slagathor · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an easy read if you're looking for an introduction to Gorky. It certainly isn't useful as a resource for extensive information about any of his specific works, but it does give a sense of Arshile as a person as well as his role and social persona in the art community at the time. Rosenberg provides a short list of additional sources and a series of brief articles & excerpts at the end of his work.

[Giovanni García-Fenech · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an impressionistic essay on Gorky's trajectory as an artist. Like everything by Rosenberg, it's sensitively written and features some fantastic observations - pay close attention to his remarks on the role of allusion in Gorky and in modern art in general, simply brilliant.

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't know much about Gorky. As a follow up to the modern art, Alfred Barr thread, I came across this book and thought it would shed some light on an artist who I understand to be a player in modern art, much as I am not a big fan of his art.

The book was good. Not great, but good. It gave you a sense of Gorky, but lacked specificity. It's an easy read, and if you are interested in learning a bit about Gorky and the tone of his era, it's a worthwhile read.