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Gorey's worlds

Title
Gorey's worlds / Erin Monroe ; with contributions by Robert Greskovic, Arnold Arluke, and Kevin Shortsleeve.
Author
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, author, organizer, host institution.
Publication
  • Hartford, Connecticut : Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art ; Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018]
  • ©2018

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Additional Authors
  • Monroe, Erin
  • Greskovic, Robert
  • Arluke, Arnold
  • Shortsleeve, Kevin
  • Tacoma Art Museum, host institution.
Description
ix, 149 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm
Summary
"The illustrator, designer, and writer Edward Gorey (1925-2000) is beloved for his droll, surreal, and slightly sinister drawings. Gorey's Worlds delves into the numerous and surprising cultural and artistic sources that influenced Gorey's unique visual language. A variety of objects shaped his artistic mindset, from popular culture to the more than 26,000 books he owned and the works of art in his vast collection. This collection, which Gorey gifted to the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art upon his death, is diverse in style, subject, and media, and includes prints by Eugene Delacroix, Charles Meryon, Edvard Munch, and Odilon Redon; photographs by Eugene Atget; and drawings by Balthus, Pierre Bonnard, Charles Burchfield, Bill Traylor, and Edouard Vuillard. The essays in Gorey's Worlds also examine such consuming passions as animals-cats in particular-and ballet. Featuring a sumptuous selection of Gorey's creations alongside his fascinating and diverse collections, Gorey's Worlds reveals the private world that inspired one of the most idiosyncratic artists of the twentieth century."--
Subject
  • Gorey, Edward, 1925-2000 > Exhibitions
  • Gorey, Edward, 1925-2000 > Art collections > Exhibitions
  • Gorey, Edward, 1925-2000
  • Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art > Exhibitions
  • Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
  • Art > Private collections > Connecticut > Hartford > Exhibitions
  • Art > Private collections
  • Connecticut > Hartford
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • "Published on the occasion of the exhibition Gorey's Worlds, organized by the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 132-141) and index.
Contents
Gorey's worlds : seen and imagined / Erin Monroe -- The man who wanted to be entertained / Robert Greskovic -- Understanding Gorey's human-animal world / Arnold Arluke -- Edward Gorey : nonsense, surrealism and silent matter / Kevin Shortsleeve.
Call Number
JQE 18-156
ISBN
  • 9780691177045
  • 069117704X
LCCN
2017026343
OCLC
988900700
Author
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, author, organizer, host institution.
Title
Gorey's worlds / Erin Monroe ; with contributions by Robert Greskovic, Arnold Arluke, and Kevin Shortsleeve.
Publisher
Hartford, Connecticut : Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art ; Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Copyright Date
©2018
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 132-141) and index.
Added Author
Monroe, Erin, author.
Greskovic, Robert, author.
Arluke, Arnold, author.
Shortsleeve, Kevin, author.
Tacoma Art Museum, host institution.
Research Call Number
JQE 18-156
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