Arshile Gorky Three Decades of Drawing

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Arshile Gorky Three Decades Of Drawing

Essay by Melvin P. Lader

GERALD PETERS GALLERY
In association with John Van Doren, … Read more Arshile Gorky Three Decades Of Drawing

Essay by Melvin P. Lader

GERALD PETERS GALLERY
In association with John Van Doren, New York

Exhibition coordinated by John Van Doren Catalogue coordinated by Katie Flanagan
Photography by Dan Morse
Designed by Eleanor Caponigro
Production supervised by Sue Medlicott Typesetting by Meriden-Stinehour Press
Printing by Eastern Press, Inc.

Copyright © 1990 The Peters Corporation
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 90-062329
ISBN: 0-935037-38-1

It gives us great pleasure to present this group of drawings by Arshile Gorky. This is the first important exhibition of Gorky's work in America in some time. We are particularly pleased, therefore, to show this cross-section of extraordinary works on paper from the Twenties, Thirties and Forties.
This is an opportune time to re-examine and explore Gorky's tremendous contribution to the roots of Abstract Expressionism in America. He was one of the first artists to truly liberate formal elements of painting. Gorky's influence on the development of de Kooning and Pollock was profound, and throughout the evolution of their work, each had an immeasurable effect not only on the course of American art, but on that of the entire Twentieth century.
This is the first time this group of drawings has been publicly exhibited. For this opportunity and for their expert help and generosity, we would like to extend special thanks to Agnes Fielding as well as to Natasha Gorky and Maro and Matthew Spender. The essay included in this catalogue, written by Melvin
P. Lader, offers significant insights into the work. Finally, we would like to thank Eugene V. Thaw for his ongoing interest in this project.
Gerald Peters, Santa Fe
John Van Doren, New York

Drawing is the basis of art. A bad painter cannot draw.
But one who draws well can always paint...
Drawing gives the artist the ability to control his line and hand.
It develops in him the precision of line and touch.
This is the path toward master work.
Arshile Gorky

Measurements are 9.15” W x 10.5”H x .2” D. See less