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Peggy Guggenheim : a celebration / Karole P.B. Vail ; with an essay by Thomas M. Messer.
Fine Arts Library N5220.G886 V35 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vail, Karole P. B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Guggenheim, Peggy, 1898-1979--Exhibitions.
- Guggenheim, Peggy.
- Guggenheim, Peggy, 1898-1979--Art patronage--Exhibitions.
- Guggenheim, Peggy, 1898-1979.
- Art, Modern--20th century--Exhibitions.
- Art, Modern.
- Art patronage.
- Exhibitions.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 151 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 32 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Guggenheim Museum : Hardcover edition distributed by H.N. Abrams, [1998]
- Summary:
- Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Peggy Guggenheim's birth, her granddaughter Karole Vail provides an intimate biographical account of the collector's life, covering her privileged upbringing, her collections of Surrealist and abstract art, and her part in founding, with Max Ernst, the landmark Art of the Century gallery in New York. 125 illustrations, 81 in color.
- Notes:
- "Published on the occasion of the exhibition Peggy Guggenheim: a centennial celebration ... Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, June 12-September 2, 1998 ... Peggy Guggenheim Collection, September 29-January 12, 1999"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-125).
- ISBN:
- 0810969149
- 0892072067
- OCLC:
- 39790990
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