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Sacred monsters, sacred masters : Beaton, Capote, Dalí, Picasso, Freud, Warhol, and more /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Richardson, John, 1924-2019 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, [2001]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Arts, American > 20th century.
Arts, French > 20th century.
Celebrities > United States > Biography.
Celebrities > France > Biography.
Artists > United States > Biography.
Artists > France > Biography.
Arts, American.
Arts, French.
Celebrities.
France.
United States.
Kunstenaars.
Bekende mensen.
Capote, Truman, > (1924-1984) > Critique et interprétation.
Dalí, Salvador, > (1904-1989) > Critique et interprétation.
Beaton, Cecil, > (1904-1980) > Critique et interprétation.
Picasso, Pablo, > (1881-1973) > Critique et interprétation.
Art > 20e siècle > Critique et interprétation.
1900-1999
Nonfiction.
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • Picasso's other mother
  • The madness of Scofield Thayer
  • Beastly Dr. Barnes
  • Sibyl Colefax, lion hunter
  • Bonnard's amphibious wife
  • The sad case of Mr. Taste
  • The Stettheimer dollhouse
  • The Sitwells
  • Mario Praz's kindly eye
  • Vita's muddles
  • Killer collector
  • Klee's inheritance
  • Peggy Guggenheim's bed
  • Beaton and Garbo
  • Miro, the reluctant Surrealist
  • From James to Jan
  • Carlos de Beistegui, the miserly magnifico
  • Judy Chicago's giant shriek
  • A cote Capote
  • Braque's late greatness
  • Warhol at home
  • Anthony Hopkins's stab at Picasso
  • Hammer nailed
  • Dali's Gala
  • Brice Marden's hidden assets
  • Nina Kandinsky's deadly diamonds
  • Lucian Freud and his models
  • In memory of Pablito Picasso.