Author: Gorky, ArshileIn 1946, Arshile Gorky spent the summer at Crooked Run Farm in Virginia. In this time he produced almost 300 drawings, including a study for one of his most remarkable paintings, The Limit. During a 2020 treatment on The Limit, conservators discovered another work nested behind it. revealed here in this volume. A series of brushstroke details positions readers close to both canvases, along with a plate section that presents both paintings, select drawings and reference works.Gorky described The Limit as the outcome of being "so lonely, exasperated, and how to paint such empty space – so empty it's the limit." Also among Gorky’s output that summer was a related series later referred to as the Virginia Summer drawings. During a 2020 treatment on The Limit, conservators discovered another work nested behind it—an expressively painted canvas immediately recognisable by its relationship to the Virginia Summer drawings. This title reveals this newly discovered painting, referred to as Untitled (Virginia Summer). A series of brushstroke details positions readers close to both canvases, along with a plate section that presents both paintings, select drawings and reference works.ISBN 9783906915678. Hauser & Wirth Publishers. hb. 80 pages. 29 colour, 20 b/w ills. 32 x 26 cm.not available
