This new biography of Peggy Guggenheim charts the life of the infamous, multi-talented art collector and personality. Great-granddaughter of Swiss immigrant Simon Guggenheim, and daughter of Benjamin Guggenheim, who went down on the Titanic, Peggy Guggenheim was an extremely controversial figure, censured for everything from stinginess to sexual voraciousness. She was known for taking lovers at the drop of a beret as much as for her choices in modern art, and was married. Known as the enfant terrible of the art world, Peggy Guggenheim was one of its most significant patrons and promoters as well as its impresario, with her personal and professional life intermingled.
A captivating story of Peggy Guggenheim; her charismatic personality and her talents, the culture that shaped her and that she went on to transform. Mary Dearborn's colourful personal and cultural biography locates Peggy Guggenheim in an array of shifting and colliding cultures, providing a story of this complicated and talented woman and the culture that shaped her and that she went on to transform.
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Inscription on the first page, typically just a name but may include a dedication or a brief personal message. Seller Inventory # CHL9517785
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Book Description The champion of modern art and artists. Hardback book ist UK edition Septembe. Illustrated with black and white plates. Slightly creased dust jacket edges otherwise very good condition. 338 pages. Seller Inventory # 18515
Book Description 24.0 x 16.0cms, 338pp, b/w illusts, fine hardback & dustwrapper Dearborn had access to Guggenehim 's family, friends amd papers to present her as having 'a permanent impact on art history and art dealers, as the founderof three important aglleriesand famous love affairs'. Seller Inventory # 137539
Book Description 24.0 x 16.0cms, 338pp, b/w illusts, very good+ hardback & dustwrapper Dearborn had access to Guggenehim 's family, friends amd papers to present her as having 'a permanent impact on art history and art dealers, as the founder of three important galleriesand famous love affairs'. Seller Inventory # 192132
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st UK Edition September 2005 (originally published in the US in 2004), 1st printing, unread, not clipped, no owner's name or other inscription, page ends very lightly age toned ( text unaffected), D/j protected by a clear removable sleeve. Seller Inventory # 04982
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