Out of This Century

Name/Title

Out of This Century

Entry/Object ID

L1992.5.79

Description

Out of This Century has a subtitle of Confessions of an Art Addict in which the author, Peggy Guggenheim, talks about her life and her love of art and of the various artists of her acquaintance. The Foreword is by Gore Vidal. This book is really an autobiography--"her story of her flamboyant life and loves." Ms. Guggenheim "fell in love with the vanguard of the literary and art world, stayed twenty years [in Europe] and eventually became a major patron and collector of modern art." 336/Softbound/Photographs

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Artists

Search Terms

Autobiography, Art History, Art Gallery, Biography

Book Details

Author

Peggy Guggenheim

Place Published

City

Garden City

State/Province

New York

Date Published

1980

Call No.

ArchArt GU

ISBN

0-385-17109-9

LCCN

80-722

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Peggy Guggenheim