Encounters with Peggy Guggenheim
By: Stefan Moses ; preface, Phillip Rylands ; text, Thomas Elsen
Contributors: Rylands, Philip, writer of preface; Elsen, Thomas, author; Moses, Stefan
Edition: English language edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 138
ISBN-13: 9781784881870
Subjects: Portraits; Homes and haunts; Art; Collectors and collecting
Work titles: Begegnungen mit Peggy Guggenheim
Description: Born into a wealthy New York family in 1898, Marguerite 'Peggy' Guggenheim was one of the greatest art collectors of the 20th century. Using her inheritance to open her first art gallery, Peggy's love of art lead her to eventually settle in Venice, where she relaunched her life after becoming the star of the 1948 Venice Art Biennale. For her, a life without the inspiration of her artist and writer friends would have been unthinkable. In Encounters with Peggy Guggenheim, renowned photographer Stefan Moses reveals his collection of photographs of Peggy, taken between 1969 and 1974, many of which have never been seen before. Striking, eccentric and dramatic, Moses photographed Peggy in her favourite places around Venice, as well as in her private palazzo at Canal Grande. See Peggy as she glides on her gondola with her Lhasa apso dogs, wearing her iconic butterfly glasses made by Edward Melcarth -- the quickness and talent of Moses captures the character of this true eccentric.
Notes: Translated from the German.

First published: Munich : Elisabeth Sandmann Verlag, 2017.