Peggy Guggenheim : the last dogaressa / edited by Karole P.B. Vail with Vivien Greene.

This book offers a thorough visual biography of the life of Peggy Guggenheim (1898 -1979) as collector, through a selection of works from the world-renowned collection she established primarily between 1938 and 1946, and to which she would continue to add for the rest of her life. The selections fro...

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Other Authors: Vail, Karole P. B. (Editor), Greene, Vivien (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Venice : Marsilio, [2019]
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Peggy Guggenheim: the last Dogaressa / Karole P.B. Vail
  • London
  • Dealer or patron? Guggenheim jeune and the development of the surrealist art market in London / Alice Ensabella
  • Paris
  • On a mission: Peggy Guggenheim collecting art in Paris, 1937-40 / Simonetta Fraquelli
  • New York
  • Transitions: surrealism, exile, and art of this century / Patricia Allmer
  • A ripple in the glass ceiling: Irene Rice Pereira, Peggy Guggenheim, and the women of art of this century / Antonia Pocock
  • Catalysts: Peggy Guggenheim and Jackson Pollock / David Anfam
  • Venice
  • 1948: Peggy Guggenheim's biennale / Gražina Subelytė
  • Palazzo Venier dei Leoni: an inhabited space, a house of cards / Malvina Borgherini
  • Collecting in three dimensions: Peggy Guggenheim and sculpture, 1940-48 / Chiara Fabi
  • Unfulfilled hopes or misguided expectations: Peggy Guggenheim and Italian art / Davide Colombo
  • Cycles of return: CoBrA / Karen Kurczynski
  • Collecting by instinct: Peggy Guggenheim and British art / Chris Stephens
  • Africa and Oceania in Venice / Ellen McBreen
  • Conversations with Marina Apollonio, Alberto Biasi, and Franco Costalonga / Flavia Frigeri
  • Bibliography
  • Index.