2018, ISBN: 9780714834795

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NY: St. Martin's Press, 2018. 2nd pr.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 388 pages, b&w illustrations. A revealing biography of Florence Goul… Mehr…

NY: St. Martin's Press, 2018. 2nd pr.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 388 pages, b&w illustrations. A revealing biography of Florence Gould, fabulously wealthy socialite and patron of the arts, who hid a dark past as a Nazi collaborator in 1940s Paris.Born in turn-of-the-century San Francisco to French parents, Florence moved to Paris at the age of eleven. Believing that only money brought respectability and happiness, she became the third wife of Frank Jay Gould, son of the railway millionaire Jay Gould. She guided Franks millions into hotels and casinos, creating a luxury hotel and casino empire. She entertained Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald, Pablo Picasso, Joseph Kennedy, and many Hollywood starslike Charlie Chaplin, who became her lover. While the party ended for most Americans after the Crash of 1929, Frank and Florence stayed on, fearing retribution by the IRS. During the Occupation, Florence took several German lovers and hosted a controversial Nazi salon. As the Allies closed in, the unscrupulous Florence became embroiled in a notorious money laundering operation for Hermann Görings Aerobank.Yet after the war, not only did she avoid prosecution, but her vast fortune bought her respectability as a significant contributor to the Metropolitan Museum and New York University, among many others. It also earned her friends like Estée Lauder who obligingly looked the other way. A seductive and utterly amoral woman who loved to say money doesnt care who owns it, Florences life proved a strong argument that perhaps money can buy happiness after all. Record # 379315, St. Martin's Press, 2018, 3, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine work by a celebrated anthropologist, half of the power-couple of Richard and Sally Price, this being about the attempt by a former President of France attempting to insert "primitive" art in "non-primitive" places, specifically the Louvre. Sterling condition softcover copy, a stated First Edition, First Printing, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy illustrated covers. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. x [1], 2-239 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets., University of Chicago Press, 2007, 5, London: Phaidon Press Limited, 1995. 128 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. Another copy available. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Of the six Impressionist painters whose first exhibition scandalized and fascinated Paris in 1874, Berthe Morisot was the only woman. She reached a pinnacle of artistic achievement despite the restraints society placed on her sex, adroitly combining her artistic ambitions with a rewarding family life. Anne Higonnet brings fully to life an accomplished artist and her world." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Preface; 1. Family background 1841-1857; 2. First lessons 1857-1867; 3. Contacts 1859-1967; 4. Encounters and partings 1868-1869; 5. Alternatives 1869-1971; 6. Political Crisis 1870-1871; 7. Personal crisis 1870-1872; 8. Resolutions 1872-1874; 9. Joining the impressionist movement 1873-1874; 10. First impressionist exhibition 1874; 11. Eugene Manet; 12. Artistic events; 13. New bond; 14. Impressionism comes of age; 15. Fulfillment 1878-1883; 16. Loss 1883-1886; 17. La Grande dame de la Peinture 1884-1891; 18. Art closer to home and farther abroad 1885-1891; 19. Bereavement and acclaim 1892-1894; 20. Summation 1895.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to., Phaidon Press Limited, 1995, 3<

1995, ISBN: 9780714834795

London: Phaidon Press Limited, 1995. 128 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. Another copy available. OVERSIZE!… Mehr…

London: Phaidon Press Limited, 1995. 128 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. Another copy available. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Of the six Impressionist painters whose first exhibition scandalized and fascinated Paris in 1874, Berthe Morisot was the only woman. She reached a pinnacle of artistic achievement despite the restraints society placed on her sex, adroitly combining her artistic ambitions with a rewarding family life. Anne Higonnet brings fully to life an accomplished artist and her world." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Preface; 1. Family background 1841-1857; 2. First lessons 1857-1867; 3. Contacts 1859-1967; 4. Encounters and partings 1868-1869; 5. Alternatives 1869-1971; 6. Political Crisis 1870-1871; 7. Personal crisis 1870-1872; 8. Resolutions 1872-1874; 9. Joining the impressionist movement 1873-1874; 10. First impressionist exhibition 1874; 11. Eugene Manet; 12. Artistic events; 13. New bond; 14. Impressionism comes of age; 15. Fulfillment 1878-1883; 16. Loss 1883-1886; 17. La Grande dame de la Peinture 1884-1891; 18. Art closer to home and farther abroad 1885-1891; 19. Bereavement and acclaim 1892-1894; 20. Summation 1895.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to., Phaidon Press Limited, 1995, 3<

1995, ISBN: 9780714834795

Phaidon Press, 1995-09-21. Paperback. Good., Phaidon Press, 1995-09-21, 2.5