From Library Journal
Peggy Guggenheim (1898-1979) is of legendary and outrageous importance to modern art as indefatigable seductress, savior, muse, and collector. Tacou-Rumney is a granddaughter-in-law and an able journalist whose essay and picture research does justice to "the last Dogaressa" and also to the memory of her lesser-known daughter, the artist Pegeen Guggenheim. One volume of Peggy's published memoirs is still available as Art of This Century (Ayer, 1968. reprint), but the photos and commentary here provide fascinating details?from her bohemian exploits to deadly serious efforts to protect artists and their families during World War II. Indeed, Peggy attracted nearly all the international cultural elite of the time and along the way built a collection of breadth and quality. This loving but honest biography is highly recommended for art collections concerned with the modern period.?Mary Hamel-Schwulst, Towson State Univ., Md.Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.


From Booklist
The most striking aspect of this highly entertaining volume is its wealth of never-before-published photographs documenting intrepid art collector Peggy Guggenheim's flamboyant and influential life. Many are family photographs, and the author, who is married to Guggenheim's grandson, writes commentary every bit as lively as the pictures it accompanies. There's Guggenheim as a pampered but moody child, then as a young, dramatically attired expatriate in Paris during the heady 1920s. Modern art, as Tacou-Rumney so eloquently explains, was the key that unlocked Guggenheim's unique sensibilities and focused her quest for adventure. Guggenheim began collecting early on, supporting the unprecedented work of her friends and lovers, a remarkable group that constituted a virtual who's who in modern art, including Marcel Duchamp, Yves Tanguey, Max Ernst, and Constantin Brancusi. Whether she was partying in Paris, hanging a show in her New York gallery, or entertaining celebrities at her palazzo in Venice, Guggenheim was always a step ahead of everyone else in recognizing artistic originality, excellence, and significance. Donna Seaman


Book Description
One of the most fascinating women of the twentieth century, Peggy Guggenheim was one of the art world's most influential and flamboyant patrons. Effortlessly combining her personal and professional lives (indeed, they were almost indistinguishable), her life was marked by drama and adventure. Every aspect of that extraordinary life is reproduced in Peggy Guggenheim: A Collector's Album, beginning with her privileged childhood as a member of the wealthy and powerful Guggenheim family and ending with her settling in her Venetian palazzo on the Grand Canal.



Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French


From the Back Cover
One of the most fascinating women of the twentieth century, Peggy Guggenheim was one of the art world's most influential and flamboyant patrons. Effortlessly combining her personal and professional lives (indeed, they were almost indistinguishable), her life was marked by drama and adventure. Every aspect of that extraordinary life is reproduced in Peggy Guggenheim: A Collector's Album, beginning with her privileged childhood as a member of the wealthy and powerful Guggenheim family and ending with her settling in her Venetian palazzo on the Grand Canal.



About the Author
Laurence Tacou Rumney is a journalist and writer who has contributed to Le Monde and Vogue among other magazines and newspapers. She lives and works in Paris, France with her husband, who is Peggy Guggenheim's grandson.

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