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Finding Dora Maar: An Artist, an Address Book, a Life
by Brigitte Benkemoun
Finding Dora Maar: An Artist, an Address Book, a Life by Brigitte Benkemoun was an interesting read. When the author's husband loses his beloved Hermès agenda, she searches online and buys a vintage diary on EBay. When it arrives, they discover that the previous owner's address book is still in it, with listings of such artists as Jean Cocteau, Paul Éluard, and Jacqueline Lamba, among others. This leads to the discovery that the previous owned was Dora Maar, best known today as the subject of Picasso's 1937 Weeping Woman.
Maar was a painter, photographer and poet and, like the friends listed in her address book, was an innovative radical artiste who inspired artists who followed, including Picasso himself. Benkemoun, through tracing the names in address book, traces the history of the surrealists and artists around Maar. Quite an interesting read.
Maar was a painter, photographer and poet and, like the friends listed in her address book, was an innovative radical artiste who inspired artists who followed, including Picasso himself. Benkemoun, through tracing the names in address book, traces the history of the surrealists and artists around Maar. Quite an interesting read.