Peggy Guggenheim: The Shock of the Modern

by Francine Prose

Book Overview

From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a "vibrant" (New Yorker) portrait of the colorful, irrepressible, and iconoclastic American collector who fearlessly advanced the cause of modern art

"A whirlwind tour in a compact, peppy car through the tumultuous life of the most famous patron of modern art."--Prudence Peiffer, Artforum

One of twentieth-century America's most influential patrons of the arts,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300203489
• ISBN13: 9780300203486
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.5"