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Making It New: The Art and Style of Sara and Gerald Murphy | 
 enlarge | Creator: Deborah Rothschild
Publisher: University of California Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 442159
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 244
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 10.4 x 8.6 x 0.7
ISBN: 0520252403
Dewey Decimal Number: 759.13
EAN: 9780520252400
ASIN: 0520252403
Publication Date: August 27, 2007
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Paris in the 1920s--art, literature, the Lost Generation. The glitterati who inhabited this legendary world--F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso, Cole Porter, Man Ray, Dorothy Parker, and a host of others--were members of an intimate circle centered around Sara and Gerald Murphy. Making It New: The Art and Style of Sara and Gerald Murphy is a captivating and absorbing collection of essays examining through images and text the Murphys' influence on a remarkable constellation of artists. The book also explores Gerald Murphy's abbreviated career as a painter, his artistic legacy, and the complex nature of his motivation and vision. This beautifully illustrated volume features essays by art historian Deborah Rothschild and such Murphy scholars as Calvin Tomkins, Amanda Vaill, Linda Patterson Miller, Kenneth Silver; curators Dorothy Kosinski and Kenneth Wayne; artist/writer Trevor Winkfield; musicologist Olivia Mattis; and poet and author William Jay Smith.
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 More about the Murphy's magical life September 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have reviewed two other books about Gerald and Sara Murphy, who lived in Paris during the great literary era of American expatriates. They knew everyone and Gerald was a serious painter in his own right. They are seen in the musical biography of Cole Porter titled, "De-Lovely" and have been the subject of several excellent biographies. This book mixes more biography with more illustrations, including many photos of the Murphys, their famous friends and their villa on the French Riviera. It is a companion to the other two biographies I have reviewed here. Read one or both of them first, then spend some time leafing through this memoir in pictures.
 Living Well in the 20th Century September 26, 2007
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
For those interested in 20th century literature and art, the Murphys are always a fascinating subject. Their influence was far-reaching if not obvious and their lives were filled with amazing challenges. Money helped Sarah and Gerald enter into the circles of their interests but did not save them from grief and loss. Apparently it did not spoil their enthusisam for life nor their creative ideas.
This book is especially invaluable if you are looking for depictions of Gerald Murphy's paintings. It provides plates which can be studied for evidence of his place as a bona fide artist of considerable talent. The photographs of the Murphys and their many celebrity friends are also charming.
This is a great addition to a contemporary library.
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