Out of this Century by Peggy Guggenheim, First Edition (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. DJ: none, BOOK: abv avg minus 4 tiny spots to front cover, crease top point of back cover.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. Edition originale. in-8 relié pleine toile sous jaquette illustrée, 396 pages.

Hard. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 22. Inventory ID 658002 Hardcover Cloth 396 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition First printing 1982 with corresponding number line. Handsome black boards and sliver embossing spotlights this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Slight shelf wear. Bumped corners. Tight binding with good hinges. An unclipped dust jacket protected by Brodart cover with the usual shelf wear - tears, scrapes, wrinkles and chips. Peggy Guggenheim's Out of This Century: Confessions of an Art Addict is a vivid and unfiltered memoir that captures the life of one of the most influential art collectors of the 20th century.Written with candor and wit, Guggenheim recounts her journey from a privileged yet unconventional upbringing to becoming a central figure in the modern art movement. The book details her relationships with artists, intellectuals, and writers, offering intimate insights into figures like Marcel Duchamp, Jackson Pollock, and Max Ernst, whom she married. Her narrative is filled with bold decisions, personal struggles, and an unwavering passion for the avant-garde, painting a portrait of a woman who defied societal expectations to shape the trajectory of modern art.She reveals the complexities of patronage, the turbulence of love affairs, and the chaos of war, all while assembling one of the most remarkable art collections of her time.Peggy Guggenheim was an American art collector. Born Marguerite Guggenheim to a wealthy New York City family, she was the daughter of Benjamin Guggenheim, who went down with the Titanic in 1912 and the niece of Solomon R. Guggenheim, who would establish the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Sm.8° - 406pp - B/w reproductions. Italian edition of Out of this Century by Peggy Guggenheim (1898-1979) American art collector, bohemian and socialite. Born to the wealthy New York City Guggenheim family, she was the daughter of Benjamin Guggenheim, who went down with the Titanic in 1912, and the niece of Solomon R. Guggenheim, who established the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. First edition, text in Italian. Original binding and dust-jacket. In Very good condition.

First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 365 pages. An early memoir from this influential collector and gallerist. A very good plus copy with some of the usual browning to the pages and a couple of pages also have a small bit of soiling and in a fair dust jacket with some large chips, tears and some tape repairs to the verso. The dust jacket has an illustration by Jackson Pollock and another by Max Ernst (her then husband). A sold copy of this fairly uncommon book.