Arshile Gorky Bibliography

Books and Catalogs:

2010 Mattison, Robert. Arshile Gorky: Works, Writings, Interviews. Barcelona: Poligrafa. 2009 Spender, Matthew. Arshile Gorky, Goats on a Roof: A life in Letters and Documents. London: Ridinghouse / Karsten Schubert. Theriault, Kim S. Rethinking Arshile Gorky. State College, PA. Pennsylvania State University Press. 2007 Beredjiklian, Alexandre. Arshile Gorky: sept themes majeurs. Suresnes, France: Alphamedian & Johanet; Lisbon: Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian. 2003 Herrera, Hayden. Arshile Gorky: His Life and Work. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. 1999 Spender, Matthew. From a Hight Place: A Life of Arshile Gorky. New York: A.A. Knopf. 1998 Matossian, Nouritza. Black Angel: The Life of Arshile Gorky. London: Chatto & Windus. 1985 Lader, Melvin P. Arshile Gorky. New York: Abbeville Press. 1982 Goldwater, Robert and Jordan, Jim M. The Paintings of Arshile Gorky: A Critical Catalog. New York and London: New York University Press. 1980 Mooradian, Karlen. The Many Worlds of Arshile Gorky. Chicago: Gilgamesh Press. Rand, Harry. Arshile Gorky: The Implication of Symbols. Montclair, NJ: Allanheld & Schram; London: George Prior. 1978 Mooradian, Karlen. Arshile Gorky Adoian. Chicago: Gilgamesh Press. 1970 ------. A Gorky: Drawings. New York: Walker and Company, in association with M. Knoedler and Co, Inc. 1966 Levy, Julien. Arshile Gorky. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1962 Rosenberg, Harold. Arshile Gorky: The Man, the Time, the Idea. New York: Horizon Press; New York: Grove Press, Inc. 1957 Schwabacher, Ethel. Arshile Gorky. New York: The Macmillan Company or the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Film and Video:

2011 Without Gorky. Produced by Peacock Pictures Ltd. and the Arshile Gorky Foundation; directed by Cosima Spender. 1982 Arshile Gorky [part of Strokes of Genius: The American Artist Film Series]. Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, 29 minutes, color. Produced by Courtney Sale; written and directed by Charlotte Zwerin. Santa Monica, CA: Direct Cinema Limited.

Journals:

1971 A Special Issue of Arshile Gorky. Ararat 12. 1976 Arts Magazine 50. 1957 Arti Visive 6 – 7.

Articles and Reviews:

2010 ------. “A Gawk at Gorky.” The Guardian, Feb 10. Bankes, Ariane. “If He Couldn’t Paint, He Couldn’t Live” [Interview with Agnes “Mougouch” Gorky Fielding]. The Spectator, Feb 6. 14 Binkowski, Kraig. “Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective.” Library Journal, Jan. Campbell-Johnston, Rachel. “An Old World Newly Minted.” The Times (London), Feb 9. Chang, Richard. “Big Art Shows in L.A. and San Francisco.” The Orange County Register, Jul 7. 2009 Budick, Ariella. “Arshile Gorky, Philadelphia Museum of Art.” Financial Times, Nov 2. Cotter, Holland. “From Mimic to Master of Invention.” New York Times, Oct 23. Dabrowski, Colin. “Albright-Knox puts its stamp on a new Postal Service series.” The Buffalo News, Dec 29. ------. “Exhibition: Arshile Gorky.” Time, Sep 21. Fagan, Sarah E. “Strange, Quick and Beautiful: A Look at the Grand Unveiling of the Mina Boehm Metzger Collection Drawings and Paintings by Arshile Gorky.” Artscope, Sep-Oct. 2008 Avakian, Florence. “As Arshile Gorky’s Prestige Grows, His Armenian Experience Must Not Be Forgotton.” The Armenian Reporter, Jul 5. 2004 Anfam, David. “Arshile Gorky: New York and Houston.” The Burlington Magazine, Mar. 2000 Bonetti, David. “Journey to the New.” San Francisco Examiner Magazine, Sep 10. 1996 Balakian, Peter. “Arshile Gorky and the Armenian Genocide.” Art in America, Feb. 1993 Cena, Olivier. “Papiers d’Armenia.” Telerama, May 19. Dagen, Philippe. “La figure et son effacement: Quarante dessins de Gorky, pour comprendre la formation de l’expressionisme abstrait.” Le Monde, Jun 2. Daix, Pierre. “L’emancipation d’Arshile Gorky.” Le Quotidien de Paris, Jun 3. Fitzhugh, William. “Art on Show in June.” Where/Paris, Jun. 1990 Burr, James. “Fighting on the Frontiers of Perception.” Apollo, May. 1983 Albright, Thomas. “’Double Bill’ of Expatriate Artists.” San Francisco Chronicle, Feb 12. Donnel-Kotrozo, Carol. “Rand Harry. ‘Arshile Gorky: The Implications of Symbols.’” Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Jun. 1981 ------. “Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective.” Drawing, Mar-Apr. Brach, Paul. “Gorky’s Secret Garden.” Art in America, Oct. Fitzgerald, Michael. “Arshile Gorky.” Arts Magazine, Jun. 1976 Bourdon, David. “Gorky Translated through Tragedy.” Village Voice, Mar 1. Buettner, Stewart. “Arshile Gorky and the Abstract Surreal.” Arts Magazine, Mar. Davis, Gene. “Gorky Taught Me That: A Remembrance of Arshile Gorky.” Art Magazine, Mar. 1974 Bordeaux, Jean-Luc. “Arshile Gorky: His Formative Period (1925-1937).” American Art Review, May-Jun. 1970 Fuller, John. “An Un-Victorian Photograph of the 1860’s.” Art Journal, Spring. 1969 Finklestein, Louis. “Becoming is Meaning: Gorky as a Draftsman.” ARTnews, Dec. 1966 Dorra, Henri. “Surrealist Exhibition at Santa Barbara Campus of the University of California.” Art Journal, Spring. 1963 Alloway, Lawrence. “Gorky.” Artforum, Mar. 1962 ------. “4 From U.S. Chosen for Venice Art Show.” New York Times, Apr 18. ------. “College in Israel Will Benefit From Sale of 200 Art Works.” New York Times, Nov 12. ------. Disasters: Tragedy in Jamaica Bay.” Time, Mar 9. ------. “Drawings by Gorky Destroyed in Crash.” New York Times, Mar 2. 1961 ------. “Exhibition of Works of Art by Noted American Artists. Marussia Burliuk Collection. Color and Rhyme. 1960 Ashton, Dore. “Art: 9 Abstract Leaders.” New York Times, Apr 5. Barili, Renato. “Nota su Arshile Gorky.” Notizaiario: La Medusa Studio d’Arte Contemporania, Dec. ------. “Exhibition of Works of Art by Noted American Artists. From Collection of Marussia Burliuk.” Color and Rhyme. 1959 ------. “2 Museums List Art Exhibitions.” New York Times, Sep 27. Ashton, Dore. “Art: Show of American Drawings.” New York Times, Nov 17. Ashton, Dore. “Moderns in Baltimore.” New York Times, Jul 26. Devree, Howard. “Art: Travelers Return.” New York Times, May 28.

15 Devree, Howard. “The New Vision.” New York Times, May 31. 1958 Ashton, Dore. “From Orient to West.” New York Times, Jun 22. Barlow, Jarvis. “Paintings by Arshile Gorky at Art Museum.” Independent, Star-News, Jan 12. Cross, Miriam Dungan. “Art: New York Painters’ Show in S.F. Brings Mixed Reactions.” Oakland Tribune, Jul 20. 1957 Devree, Howard. “Acquisitions From North and South of Border on View at Modern Museum.” New York Times, Mar 13. Devree, Howard. “Diverse Moderns–Gorky in Retrospect–Others.” New York Times, Dec 8. Devree, Howard. “In Veins of Today.” New York Times, Mar 17. 1956 Devree, Howard. “Americans Today: Young Artists Who Worked Abroad – Seven Controversial Pioneers.” New York Times, Sep 30. 1955 Devree, Howard. “Of East and West.” New York Times, Oct 2. 1954 ------. “From the Reviews.” New York Times, Apr 18. 1953 ------. “Abstracts on View at Museum.” The Post Standard, Oct 25. ------. “Americans in India Show.” New York Times, Feb 15. ------. “Art of U.S. is shown at Museum in Paris.” New York Times, Apr 25. Devree, Howard. “Season’s Heralds: The Whitney Reopens and the Galleries Present a Variety of Attractions.” New York Times, Sep 20. 1952 ------. “Exhibition of Work of Art byNoted American Artists. Rom Collection of Marussia Burliuk.” Color and Rhyme. 1951 Davis, Stuart. “Arshile Gorky in the 1930s: A Personal Recollection by Stuart Davis.” New York Times, Mar 13. Devree, Howard. “In a Wide Range.” New York Times, Feb 18. Devree, Howard. “Whitney to Offer Arshile Gorky Art.” New York Times, Jan 4. 1950 Barr, Alfred H., Jr. “Gorky, de Kooning, Pollock,” in “Seven Americans Open Venice.” ARTnews, Jun-Aug. Devree, Howard. “By Contemporaries: Recently Acquired by Museum of Modern Art.” New York Times, Apr 2. Devree, Howard. “Double Exhibition in Modern Museum.” New York Times, Mar 29. 1949 ------. “Art Show and Sale to Aid Relief Agency.” New York Times, Mar 1. Balamuth, Lewis. “I Met A. Gorky (1938).” Color and Rhyme. Burliuk, Mary. “Arshile Gorky.” Color and Rhyme. 1948 ------. “Arshile Gorky.” ARTnews, Sep. ------. “Artist’s Death Said Suicide.” The Billings Gazette, Jul 22. Cowley, Malcolm. “Arshile Gorky – A Note from a Friend.” New York Herald Tribune, Sep 5. 1947 Devree, Howard. “Annual Art Show Open at Whitney.” New York Times, Dec 6. 1944 ------. “Contemporary Painters.” Oakland Tribune, Jul 23. 1942 ------. “A Department Store Show.” New York Times, Jan 6. 1940 Devree, Howard. “Art Notes.” New York Times, Nov. 3. Devree, Howard. “A Reviewer’s Notebook.” New York Times, May 26. 1937 ------. “American Artists Display Canvases.” New York Times, Nov 11. ------. “Among the New Group Exhibitions.” New York Times, Jun 27. Devree, Howard. “A Reviewer’s Notebook: In the Galleries.” New York Times, Dec 19. 1936 ------. “Arshile Gorky Exhibits.” Art Digest, Jan 1. Burrows, Carlyle. “A Group Show.” New York Herald Tribune, May 31. ------. “Calender of Current Exhibitions.” Parnassus, Jan. Devree, Howard. “A Round of Galleries.” New York Times, Mar 22. Devree, Howard. “Ushered in With June—First Exhibitionby Index of American Design—New Group and One-Man Shows.” New York Times, May 31. ------. “Events Here and There.” New York Times, Dec 13. E.G. “Paintings by Anna Walinska.” New York World-Telegram, Jun 6. 1935 ------. “Academy Show of Water Colors.” Philadelphia Inquirer, Sep 29. ------. “Art Lecture.” New York Times, Dec 21.

16 Burrows, Carlyle. “Abstract Drawings.” New York Herald Tribune, Dec 22. ------. “Calender of Current Exhibitions.” Parnassus, Oct. Devree, Howard. Briefs on a Potpourri of Current Exhibitions.” New York Times, Jan 5. Devree, Howard. “A Reviewer’s Notebook.” New York Times, Dec 22. ------. “Events on Many Fronts.” New York Times, Dec 22. ------. “Frick Art Opens to Public Today.” New York Times, Dec 16.

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