num_pages: 216
description: In search of a replacement for his lost Herms agenda Brigitte Benkemouns husband buys a vintage diary on eBay. When it arrives she opens it and finds inside private notes dating back to 1951twenty pages of phone numbers and addresses for Balthus Brassa Andr Breton Jean Cocteau Paul luard Leonor Fini Jacqueline Lamba and other artistic luminaries of the European avant-garde.After realizing that the address book belonged to Dora MaarPicassos famous Weeping Woman and a brilliant artist in her own rightBenkemoun embarks on a two-year voyage of discovery to learn more about this provocative passionate and enigmatic woman and the role that each of these figures played in her life.Longlisted for the prestigious literary award Prix Renaudot Finding Dora Maar is a fascinating and breathtaking portrait of the artist. This work received support from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States through their publishing assistance program.
language: English
title: Finding Dora Maar: An Artist, an Address Book, a Life
publisher: Getty Publications