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"Brilliant, elegant, and shy, Alexander Liberman was twenty-eight when he left war-torn Europe in 1940 to make a new start in New York. This is the fascinating biography of the Russian-born painter, sculptor, and photographer who - from 1943 to 1962 as art director of Vogue and from 1962 to the present as editorial director of all Conde Nast magazines - has been the mysterious and legendary force responsible for shaping the look and content of the most powerful magazine publishing empire in the world. Having witnessed the Bolshevik revolution as a child in St. Petersburg, he spent his turbulent youth in Moscow, London, and Paris, where evenings at home included, among others, Leger, Cocteau,...
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Shows abstract paintings and sculptures in aluminium, bronze, and steel by the Russian-born, American artist, and offers a profile of his career.
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Art director of Vogue (1941-1962) and editorial director of all Conde Nast magazines from 1962 to the present, Russian-born painter/sculptor/photographer Liberman has been the mysterious, omnipresent force responsible for shaping the look and content of the most powerful magazine-publishing empire in the world. Photos.
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