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PEGGY GUGGENHEIM

PEGGY GUGGENHEIM / Confessions of an Art Addict

PEGGY GUGGENHEIM / Confessions of an Art Addict

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Peggy Guggenheim
Confessions of an Art Addict 1960
Hardcover, 176 pages
21.5 x 14.5cm
The Macmillan Company
1st Edition, 1960

Condition: Fine, wear and tear to the cover otherwise book in good condition

Peggy Guggenheim was born into affluence and a lavish lifestyle. Bored with her seemingly "pedestrian" life in New York, she headed for Europe in 1921, where she would sow the seeds for a future as one of modern art's most important and influential figures.

In the midst of Europe's avant-garde circles, she reveled in her love affairs with prominent artists and also became a serious collector. Her Guggenheim Jeune gallery in London brought figures such as Brâncusi, Cocteau, Kandinsky, and Arp to the forefront of the art scene. Later her New York gallery would launch the careers of Jackson Pollock and Robert Motherwell, among others.

In her own inimitable and bawdy style, Peggy gives us an insider's glimpse into the modern art world with intimate, often surprising portrayals of its most significant players. Candid, clever, and always entertaining, here is a memoir that captures a valuable chapter in the history of modern art, as well as the spirit of one of its greatest advocates.

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