The mural at the Waverly Inn
Subtitle: a portrait of Greenwich Village bohemians
By: Edward Sorel ; text by Dorothy Gallagher.
Contributors: Gallagher, Dorothy.
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780307377319
Subjects: Sorel, Edward, -- 1929-; Waverly Inn (Restaurant); Mural painting and decoration -- New York (State) -- New York; Authors, American -- New York (State) -- New York -- Portraits; Artists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Portraits; Bohemianism -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century; Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
Genres: Portraits.
Description: Provides a close-up look at the witty, colorful mural created by Edward Sorel for New York's Greenwich Village landmark, the Waverly Inn, capturing forty key figures from Greenwich Village's past--including Walt Whitman, Andy Warhol, Willa Cather, Norman Mailer, and others--accompanied by portrait vignettes of their lives.