I Always Loved You: A Story of Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas [SIGNED FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Oliveira, Robin

Published by Viking, New York, 2014

About this Item

Near fine unread condition blue boards, charcoal spine and gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Book(s) by Robin Oliveira; Author Dedication; Prologue; Acknowledgments and Author's Note. Some scuffing to the boards; the volume is otherwise in as new unread condition (see photographs). Signed by Robin Oliveira with thin black ink on the full title page. " "Paint love, he once said to her. You must always paint love." The young Mary Cassatt never thought moving to Paris after the Civil War was going to be easy, but when, after a decade of work, her submission to the Paris Salon is rejected, Mary's fierce determination wavers. Her father is imploring her to return to Philadelphia to find a husband before it is too late, her sister Lydia is falling mysteriously ill, and worse, Mary is beginning to doubt herself. Then one evening a friend introduces her to Edgar Degas and her life changes forever. Years later she will learn that he had begged the introduction, but in that moment their meeting seems a miracle. So begins the defining period of her life and the most tempestuous of relationships. In I Always Loved You, Robin Oliveira brilliantly re-creates the irresistible world of Belle Epoque Paris, writing with grace and uncommon insight into the passion and foibles of the human heart.". Seller Inventory # 008670

Bibliographic Details

Title: I Always Loved You: A Story of Mary Cassatt ...

Publisher: Viking, New York

Publication Date: 2014

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Resnick, Nancy (book design); Harden, Brianna (jacket design)

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: As New

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition