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Selz, Gabrielle.
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Selz, Peter, 1919-
Selz, Peter, 1919- -- Family.
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography.
Art historians -- United States -- Biography.
Art critics -- United States -- Biography.
Art museum curators -- United States -- Biography.
Fathers and daughters -- United States -- Biography.
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Selz, Gabrielle.
Selz, Peter, 1919-
Selz, Peter, 1919- -- Family.
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography.
Art historians -- United States -- Biography.
Art critics -- United States -- Biography.
Art museum curators -- United States -- Biography.
Fathers and daughters -- United States -- Biography.
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Unstill life : a daughter's memoir of art and love in the age of abstraction / Gabrielle
Selz
.
by
Selz
, Gabrielle.
W.W. Norton & Company, [2014]
Call #:
708.0092 S469u
Subjects
Selz
,
Peter
,
1919-
Selz
,
Peter
,
1919-
--
Family
.
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
--
Biography.
Art historians
--
United States
--
Biography.
Art critics
--
United States
--
Biography.
Art museum curators
--
United States
--
Biography.
Fathers and daughters
--
United States
--
Biography.
ISBN:
9780393239171 (hbk.)
0393239179 (hbk.)
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
351 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-351)
Summary:
"Weaving her
family
narrative into the larger story of twentieth-century art and culture,
Selz
paints a portrait of her charismatic father, the chief curator of painting and sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art and director of his own art museum in California, the generation of modern artists he championed, and the daughter whose life he shaped"--Dust jacket flap.
The daughter of the curator at the New York Museum of Modern Art describes her childhood growing up amidst the glamorous gallery openings and celebrated artists--including Rothko, Tinguely, and Christo--and the toll it took on her
family
.
Genre:
Memoirs.
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1
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Cole Harbour Public Library
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