Book Review: Arshile Gorky’s New York in Image and Memory

Berenice Abbott, William Goldberg, 771 Broadway, 1937. From The New York Public Library.

A black-and-white street photograph captures a 1930s storefront at 771 Broadway in New York City, covered in advertisements for suits, hats and topcoats with bold prices and signs inviting passersby upstairs to shop.

“Arshile Gorky: New York City,” published by Hauser & Wirth, offers a vivid window into the artist’s lived experience of the city that shaped him—a place where he forged lasting friendships, held breakthrough exhibitions and created some of his most astonishing work.

Book Review: Arshile Gorky’s New York in Image and Memory