{"product_id":"finding-dora-maar-an-artist-an-address-book-a-life-9781606066591","title":"Finding Dora Maar: An Artist, an Address Book, a Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\" 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 confined for decades to a Cubist's limited interpretation.\" -- Joumana Khatib, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMerging 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn search of a replacement for his lost Herm s 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 , Andr  Breton, Jean Cocteau, Paul  luard, Leonor Fini, Jacqueline Lamba, and other artistic luminaries of the European avant-garde.\u003cp\u003eAfter 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLonglisted for the prestigious literary award Prix Renaudot, \u003ci\u003eFinding Dora Maar\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating and breathtaking portrait of the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This work received support from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States through their publishing assistance program.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrigitte Benkemoun is a journalist and writer. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eLa petite fille sur la photo \u003c\/i\u003e(2012) and \u003ci\u003eAlbert le Magnifique \u003c\/i\u003e(2016). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jody Gladding is a poet and translator. She has translated some thirty books from French, including, most recently, Roland Barthes's \u003ci\u003eAlbum: Unpublished Correspondence and Texts \u003c\/i\u003e(2018), Michel Pastoureau's \u003ci\u003eYellow: The History of a Color \u003c\/i\u003e(2019), and Jean Giono's \u003ci\u003eOccupation Journal \u003c\/i\u003e(2020).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Getty Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50434735735058,"sku":"9781606066591","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c273629c-b733-47c5-ade1-26997a0a6913.jpg?v=1729608448","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/finding-dora-maar-an-artist-an-address-book-a-life-9781606066591","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}