This Fall, Knopf are issuing a new
edition of the late John Richard-
son's memoir, The Sorcerer's Appren-
tice: Picasso, Provence, and Douglas
Cooper. The introduction to the new
edition has been written by Jed Perl,
whose Antoine's Alphabet, often cited
here, and whose New Art City, which
captures post-War New York with the
spirit of discovery which impelled it,
are but two highlights in a career of
criticism spanning nearly 50 years,
with infectious illuminations which
ravish the mind with the sweet exper-
ience of discernment. We will lack
the final volume of Richardson's own
biography of the artist, but we'll
possess his ardor to face him front-
ally, with boldness unleashed by
guidance we imbibe with relish. We
are so fortunate, to know we are.
Nil parvum aut humili modo,
nil mortale loquar.
I shall speak nothing mean
or ordinary,
Nor what is only mortal.
Sir John Richardson
x Francis Goodman
1947
National Portrait Gallery
Horace
The Odes of Horace
iii, 25
[fragment]
David Ferry
translation
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
1997©
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