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Peggy Guggenheim : the shock of the modern
Title:
Peggy Guggenheim : the shock of the modern
Author:
Prose, Francine, 1947- author.
Publication Information:
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2015]
Physical Description:
viii, 211 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Summary:
A biography of one of twentieth century America's most influential patrons of the arts that covers her personal life, uncompromising spirit, and relationships with such modern masters as Jackson Pollock and Man Ray.
Language:
English
Contents:
The angel of the city -- Out of this century -- June 1941 -- Her money -- Her nose -- Education -- Hayford Hall -- Guggenheim jeune -- Paris before the war -- New York -- Art of this century -- Pollock -- Venice -- Pegeen -- A death in Venice.
ISBN:
9780300203486
Format :
Book