Mistress of modernism : the life of Peggy Guggenheim / Mary V. Dearborn.
Mistress of modernism : the life of Peggy Guggenheim / Mary V. Dearborn.
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Publisher
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
Date
2004.
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N709.2/42
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Language
English
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Physical content
xv, 382 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
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Publisher
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2004.
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Summary
"Dearborn's access to the Guggenheim family, friends, and papers contributes rich insight into Peggy's traumatic childhood in German-Jewish "Our Crowd" New York, her self-education in the ways of art and artists, her caustic battles with other art-collecting Guggenheims, and her legendary sexual appetites: her lovers included Max Ernst, Samuel Beck...
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Mistress of modernism : the life of Peggy Guggenheim / Mary V. Dearborn.
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Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-363) and index.
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N709.2/42
Record Identifier
74VKDLaMqX3l
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKDLaMqX3l
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ISBN
0618128069
9780618128068
DDC
709.2
MMS ID
991019000969702626