Peggy Guggenheim & Frederick Kiesler : the story of Art of This Century
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Peggy Guggenheim & Frederick Kiesler : the story of Art of This Century
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation , Peggy Guggenheim Collection ; Vienna : Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation, c2004
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Peggy Guggenheim and Frederick Kiesler
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Note
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Peggy and Kiesler: the collector and the visionary""--T.p. verso
Catalog of the exhibition held at Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, October 10, 2003-January 9, 2005
Includes bibliographical references (p. 348-362) and index
Contents of Works
- Preface / Thomas Krens
- Acknowledgments / Philip Rylands & Susan Davidson
- The Master and Marguerite / Philip Rylands
- Staging works of art : Frederick Kiesler's exhibition design 1924-1957 / Dieter Bogner
- Focusing an instinct : the collecting of Peggy Guggenheim / Susan Davidson
- Jackson Pollock's "Mural" for Peggy Guggenheim : its legend, documentation, and redefinition of wall painting / Francis V. O'Connor
- Modern art in a modern setting : Frederick Kiesler's design of Art of This Century / Don Quaintance
- "You will never be bored within its walls" : Art of This Century and the reaction of the press / Valentina Sonzogni
- Serving the future : the exhibitions at Art of This Century 1942-1947 / Jasper Sharp
- Chronology / compiled by Don Quaintance, Jasper Sharp & Valentina Sonzogni
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The volume reveals the life and collection of 20th Century Art Patron Peggy Guggenheim. Architect Frederick Kiesler designed her gallery - '57th Street Gallery'. The publication offers an important biography of two outstanding cultural figures of the 20th Century.
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