Peggy Guggenheim & Frederick Kiesler
Subtitle: the story of Art of this Century
By: edited by Susan Davidson, Philip Rylands ; texts by Dieter Bogner... [et al.].
Contributors: Davidson, Susan, 1958-; Rylands, Philip.; Bogner, Dieter.; Peggy Guggenheim Collection.; Österreichische Friedrich und Lillian Kiesler-Privatstiftung.
Publisher: Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation; Distributed in the US by D.A.P./Distirubted Art Publishers; Brand: Guggenheim Museum; Guggenheim Museum
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Venice [Italy] : Peggy Guggenheim Collection; Vienna; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
Subjects: Guggenheim, Peggy, -- 1898-1979 -- Art collections -- Exhibitions.; Kiesler, Frederick -- Exhibitions.; Art of This Century (Gallery); Art -- Collectors and collecting -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.; Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
Genres: Exhibitions.
Other titles: Peggy Guggenheim and Frederick Kiesler :; Story of Art of This Century; Peggy and Kiesler :
Notes: "Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Peggy and Kiesler: The Collector and the Visionary.' Curated by Dieter Bogner and Susan Davidson. Organized by the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, in collaboration with the Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation, Vienna. Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, 10 October 2003-9 January 2005"--T.p. verso.

Exhibit includes Archive of the Kiesler Foundation documents, designs, and photographs of Peggy Guggenheim's New York museum/gallery, along with paintings that had been exhibited at Art of This Century in the 1940s, and other material from the Peggy Guggenheim Papers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface / Thomas Krens; title: Acknowledgments / Philip Rylands & Susan Davidson; title: The Master and Marguerite / Philip Rylands; title: Staging works of art : Frederick Kiesler's exhibition design 1924-1957 / Dieter Bogner; title: Focusing an instinct : the collecting of Peggy Guggenheim / Susan Davidson; title: Jackson Pollock's "Mural" for Peggy Guggenheim : its legend, documentation, and redefinition of wall painting / Francis V. O'Connor; title: Modern art in a modern setting : Frederick Kiesler's design of Art of This Century / Don Quaintance; title: "You will never be bored within its walls" : Art of This Century and the reaction of the press / Valentina Sonzogni; title: Serving the future : the exhibitions at Art of This Century 1942-1947 / Jasper Sharp; title: Chronology / compiled by Don Quaintance, Jasper Sharp & Valentina Sonzogni.