{"product_id":"book-buw0","title":"Peggy Guggenheim","description":"\u003cp\u003eA spirited portrait of the  colorful, irrepressible, and iconoclastic American collector who  fearlessly advanced the cause of modern art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of twentieth-century America's most influential patrons of the  arts, Peggy Guggenheim (1898-1979) brought to wide public attention the  work of such modern masters as Jackson Pollock and Man Ray. In her time,  there was no stronger advocate for the groundbreaking and the  avant-garde. Her midtown gallery was the acknowledged center of the  postwar New York art scene, and her museum on the Grand Canal in Venice  remains one of the world's great collections of modern art. Yet as  renowned as she was for the art and artists she so tirelessly  championed, Guggenheim was equally famous for her unconventional  personal life and for her ironic, playful desire to shock.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed  bestselling author Francine Prose offers a singular reading of  Guggenheim's life that will enthrall enthusiasts of twentieth-century  art, as well as anyone interested in American and European culture and  the interrelationships between them. The lively and insightful narrative  follows Guggenheim through virtually every aspect of her extraordinary  life, from her unique collecting habits and paradigm-changing  discoveries to her celebrity friendships, failed marriages, and  scandalous affairs. Prose delivers a colorful portrait of a  defiantly uncompromising woman who maintained a powerful upper hand in a  male-dominated world. She also explores the ways in which  Guggenheim's image was filtered through the lens of insidious  anti-Semitism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49301205287216,"sku":"BDbuw0","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49301205319984,"sku":"ZEbuw0","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD [ZM]","offer_id":49301205352752,"sku":"ZMbuw0","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/buw0-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775803816","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-buw0","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}