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New York, New York: Guggenheim Museum Publications, 1998. Softcover. VG. Duotone illus. wraps; 151 pp.; Profusely illustrated with color and bw figures. Accompanied the exhibition of the same name. "Born into a wealthy New York family, Peggy - whose Uncle Solomon would establish the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation - participated in the cultural ferment of life in London and Paris during the 192Os and 193Os. Her friends included many of the most significant avant-garde figures of the era, such as Samuel Beckett and Marcel Duchamp. In London, she ran Guggenheim Jeune, her cutting-edge gallery devoted to contemporary art. During the months surrounding the outbreak of World War II, Peggy accelerated her purchases of abstract and Surrealist art until she was buying virtually one work every day, eventually amassing one of the most important collections of Modern art in private hands. After escaping to New York in the company of Max Ernst, she established the gallery Art of This Century, which from 1942… Leer más

New York: Guggenheim Museum, 1998. First Edition. Quarto. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 151pp; illus. Tight Near Fine copy in crisp dustwrapper. Appears new. Catalog published on the occasion of the 1999 exhibition, "Peggy Guggenheim: a Centennial Celebration.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1998. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 151 pp., many illustrations in color. Slight yellowing to the edges, consistent with age. A quarter inch remainder mark to the bottom edge, center. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York NY June 12-September 2, 1998 and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice September 29, 1998-January 12, 1999. Dustjacket is protected with a mylar cover..