Jerry Torre The Marble Faun

Jerry torre also known as the marble faun driving a taxi in new york city.

Jerry torre the marble faun.

Little edie nicknamed him the marble faun after the nathaniel hawthorne novel but his given name. The marble faun of grey gardens is jerry torre s touching and at times haunting memoir about his teenage days as caretaker of grey gardens the now celebrated mansion chronicled in the iconic documentary grey gardens and two feature length films the book is a behind the scenes look at big edie and little edie and their bizarre and reclusive life of squalor amidst the tremendous. Talk story about taxi driver jerry torre who appeared in the 1975 cult documentary grey. My partner lee and i had extensive conversations with jerry torre for this web site.

For those not familiar with jerry torre who edie referred to as the marble faun in the maysyles film he is the handyman who appeared in both the original documentary as well as the sequel the beales of grey gardens. Courtesy of jerry torre a customer leaned over and opened the window saying who is that he said. In addition to sculpting stone jerry worked as a gardener for the royal family of saudi arabia with wayland flowers and his puppet madame during their cabaret acts in the 70s and for twenty years as a taxi cab driver. While living at grey gardens edith little edie bouvier beale gave jerry the nickname the marble faun which jerry accepted as a fated path to art making.

1955 is an american sculptor he is best known for his appearance in the 1975 independent documentary films grey gardens and the beales of grey gardens by albert and david maysles as a sculptor his work has been shown in several galleries in new york city and written about in the new york times the wall street journal vogue architectural digest. The marble faun of grey gardens is jerry torre s touching and at times haunting memoir about his teenage days as caretaker of grey gardens the now celebrated mansion chronicled in the iconic documentary grey gardens and two feature length films the book co written with film historian tony maietta is a behind the scenes look at big edie and little edie and their bizarre and reclusive. Torre also known as the marble faun is showing five sculptures at this year s outsider art fair at center 548 in chelsea through sunday. July 18 2018 a q a with the marble faun of grey gardens legend jerry torre remembers meeting jackie o and tells of the real women behind the documentary that became a cult classic.

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