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9780060956813

Art Lover

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  • ISBN13:

    9780060956813

  • ISBN10:

    006095681X

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-03-01
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

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Peggy Guggenheim -- millionairess, legendary lover, sadomasochist, appalling parent, selective miser -- was one of the greatest and most notorious art patrons of the twentieth century.After her father, Benjamin Guggenheim, went down with the Titanic, the young heiress came into a small fortune and left for Europe. She married the writer Laurence Vail and joined the American expatriate bohemian set. Though her many lovers included such lions of art and literature as Samuel Beckett, Max Ernst (whom she later married), Yves Tanguy, and Roland Penrose, real love always seemed to elude her.In the late 1930s, Peggy set up one of the first galleries of modern art in London, quickly acquiring a magnificent selection of works, buying great numbers of paintings from artists fleeing to America after the Nazi invasion of France. Escaping from Vichy, she moved back to New York, where she was a vital part of the new American abstract expressionist movement.Meticulously researched, filled with colorful incident, and boasting a distinguished cast, Anton Gill's biography reveals the inner drives of a remarkable woman and indefatigable patron of the arts.

Table of Contents

Family Treep. viii
Prefacep. xi
Introductionp. xiii
Youth
Shipwreckp. 3
Heiressp. 11
Guggenheims and Seligmansp. 15
Growing Upp. 36
Harold and Lucilep. 52
Departurep. 66
Europe
Parisp. 71
Laurence, Motherhood, and "Bohemia"p. 88
Pramousquierp. 109
Love and Literaturep. 125
Hayfordp. 144
Love and Deathp. 152
An English Country Gardenp. 156
Turning Pointp. 165
"Guggenheim Jeune"p. 172
Paris Againp. 213
Intermezzo: Max and Another Departure--Marseilles and Lisbonp. 237
Back in the U.S.A.
Coming Homep. 263
Art of This Centuryp. 275
Memoirp. 337
Venice
Transitionp. 345
Palazzop. 353
Legacyp. 390
"The Last Red Leaf Is Whirl'd Away..."p. 405
Codap. 435
Source Notesp. 439
Bibliographyp. 447
Acknowledgmentsp. 453
Indexp. 457
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