Nat Tate 1928-1960 El Enigma De Un Artista Americano

Hardback (01 Oct 2014) | Spanish

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Publisher's Synopsis

When William Boyd published his biography of New York modern artist Nat Tate, a huge reception of critics and artists arrived for the launch party, hosted by David Bowie, to toast the late artist's life. Little did they know that the painter Nat Tate, a depressive genius who burned almost all his output before his suicide, never existed. The book was a hoax, and the art world had fallen for it. Nat Tate is a work of art unto itself-an investigation of the blurry line between the invented and the authentic, and a thoughtful tour through the spirited and occasionally ludicrous American art scene of the 1950s.

Nathwell Tate, gran pintor abstracto y desventurado, se arrojó a las aguas neoyorquinas en enero de 1960. Nunca se halló su cadáver y a duras penas se hallarìan dieciocho briznas de su trabajo, pues él mismo se habìa encargado de destruirlo poco antes de morir. Muchos años después, David Bowie, Gore Vidal, William Boyd y John Richardson convocaron una fiesta de homenaje en el loft de Jeff Koons. Allì se leyeron fragmentos de este libro a la élite cultural de Manhattan, la cual, según las crónicas, recordaba vagamente al malogrado artista, apreció el formidable mérito de sus obras residuales y se sintió muy impresionada por su trágico destino.

Book information

ISBN: 9788415996446
Publisher: Malpaso Editorial
Imprint: Malpaso Editorial
Pub date:
Language: Spanish
Number of pages: 89
Weight: 272g
Height: 210mm
Width: 121mm
Spine width: 13mm