The White Blackbird: A Life of the Painter Margaret Sargent by Her Granddaughter
by Moore, Honor
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- 0670805637
- ISBN 13
- 9780670805631
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New York: Viking Press, 1996. 371 pages, [12] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour), 1 portrait; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "At the heart of Margarett Sargent's life lies a mystery, lost in silence. Why does a woman who has devoted herself to making art, stop? A marvelously gifted painter, Sargent spent much of her life smashing convention. She was born into stultifying privilege in the age of Edith Wharton, but sought another life - and as the American art world shuddered under the impact of Modernism, Margarett was hurling bright colors onto canvas, forging her own unique style. For a time, she seemed capable of everything: raising the ideal children, perfecting her art, hosting the most daring parties, conducting the most outrageous affairs, drinking more than anyone else. Whispered rumors and tales of her audacious wit trailed her from Brahmin Boston to New York to Paris. But drink was becoming her best companion; it smothered the awkward clashes between society wife and creative artist, and no one saw that the exuberant appetites of a charismatic woman concealed a creeping paralysis of will. When, after twenty years of successful exhibitions, it seemed she was finally to be accepted on her own terms as a painter, she chose to lay down her brushes. Honor Moore has refused to let her grandmother's mystery rest. In a mesmerizing weave of biography and reflection, she pieces together a fascinating and unexpected story, and returns to Margarett Sargent the voice she relinquished. In writing as vivid and exhilarating as Sargent's painting, Moore recovers a life whose agonies and triumphs echo the striving of creative women in our century." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.
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Originally published: New York : Viking, 1996. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Title
- The White Blackbird: A Life of the Painter Margaret Sargent by Her Granddaughter
- Author
- Moore, Honor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0670805637
- ISBN 13
- 9780670805631
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- COLLECTIBLE
- Bookseller catalogs
- XXX / COLLECTIBLES; Women Artists; American / 5. Modern, 1900-1945;
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