书名：Finding Dora Maar - An Artist、an Address Book、a Life/寻找多拉玛尔——艺术家、通讯簿与人生
定价：178.0
ISBN：9781606066591
作者：Brigitte Benkemoun
版次：1
出版时间：2020-06

内容提要：

书 名：Finding Dora Maar - An Artist、an Address Book、a Life/寻找多拉玛尔——艺术家、通讯簿与人生
作 者：Brigitte Benkemoun
出 版：Getty Publications，2020年
装 帧：平装 ,  216页

语 种：英语

尺 寸：14.6*20.9 cm

 

 

“[A] spirited and deeply researched project…. [Benkemoun’s] affection for her subject is infectious. This book gives a satisfying treatment to a woman who has been con?ned for decades to a Cubist’s limited interpretation.” — Joumana Khatib, The New York Times

 

Merging biography, memoir, and cultural history, this compelling book, a bestseller in France, traces the life of Dora Maar through a serendipitous encounter with the artist’s address book.

 

In search of a replacement for his lost Hermès agenda, Brigitte Benkemoun’s husband buys a vintage diary on eBay. When it arrives, she opens it and finds inside private notes dating back to 1951—twenty pages of phone numbers and addresses for Balthus, Brassa?, André Breton, Jean Cocteau, Paul éluard, Leonor Fini, Jacqueline Lamba, and other artistic luminaries of the European avant-garde.

 

After realizing that the address book belonged to Dora Maar—Picasso’s famous “Weeping Woman” and a brilliant artist in her own right—Benkemoun embarks on a two-year voyage of discovery to learn more about this provocative, passionate, and enigmatic woman, and the role that each of these figures played in her life.

 

Longlisted for the prestigious literary award Prix Renaudot, Finding Dora Maar is a fascinating and breathtaking portrait of the artist.