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Patou
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Ultra Vanities
A lush book of photos shines a light on the luxurious bejeweled make-up boxes that quickly became covetable accessories with the advent of beauty products Exquisite jeweled minaudieres, necessaires, and compacts from the l8th to the 21st centuries are photographed and displayed here in great detail and set within the social and fashion contexts of their creation. Original archive photographs showcase the social leaders, stage and cinema stars, and fashion leaders who carried these exquisite little accessories as indispensable adjuncts to their glamorous lives. These triumphs of the jewelers art were designed to rest glittering on cocktail bars and grand dining tables. They were tiny but also extremely useful as is revealed in detailed photos of their highly engineered interiors. These little boxes were capable of carrying everything a woman might need during the course of an evening which might start at the Ritz and end at Bricktops Jazz Club--everything from a lipstick, to a powder compact, to a comb, even a cigarette and lighter, hence their generic name of necessaire.
The "it" Girls
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The Secret History of the Handbag
From the earliest practical containers to the star handbags of today, this book is a comprehensive gallimaufry of the handbag through the ages.
David Gill
In this lavishly illustrated book, the renowned London Gallerist David Gill reveals his personal perspective and influence on the world of design-art. He also presents the works of artists, sculptors, and designers he admires, champions, and nurtures, among them Barnaby Barford, Mattia Bonetti, the Campana brothers Zaha Hadid, Donald Judd, Jorge Pardo, Grayson Perry, and Fredrikson Stallard. In addition, the book features previously unseen photographs of his galleries and exhibitions, his own designs, his curated interiors, and other rare glimpses of the private collections and homes of renowned collectors with whom Gill has had relationships over a quarter of a century. It also includes photographs of his private collections in his own homes: a converted handbag factory south of the River Thames; the eighteenth-century Albany apartments in London's Mayfair, and his latest home, a restored palazzo in Valletta, the capital of Malta.
Virtuoso
Hailed in the 60's not only as the finest British pianist of his generation with a glittering international career and record contract with EMI Music, but as a musical genius of extraordinary ability. In 1973 at the pinnacle of his fame John Ogdon was struck down inexplicably by the first in a series of severe mental breakdowns. In this moving account his wife, concert pianist Brenda Lucas Ogdon, tells both of the happy years of touring, when success piled upon success and of the distressing years of illness with their long search for effective treatment. John died tragically and suddenly from undiagnosed Diabetes and Pneumonia, in 1989. He was mourned by countless friends and admirers.
Lucille
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The Persistence Of Memory
Surrealist painter, author, filmmaker, lecturer, performance artist, charlatan, genius, clown, Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) once asked himself, "Where does the deep and philosophical Dalí begin, and where does the loony and preposterous Dalí end?" This evenhanded but exacting biography, based on interviews, unpublished letters, and previously unavailable archives, explores the relationship between his eccentric life and the hallucinatory imagery of the paintings that, like the soft watches, have become twentieth-century icons. The author penetrates the artist's self-mythologizing facade to reveal the man behind the outrageous mustache and cryptic canvasses: his Catalan childhood; his relationships with Garcia Lorca, Bunuel, Breton, Picasso, Miro, de Chirico, Man Ray, Ernst, and Eluard; Dalí's fixations, phobias, and Surrealist pranks; and his bizarre marriage to Gala—muse, business manager, nymphomaniac, gold digger, and finally tormentor. With reproductions of sixteen Dalí paintings, The Persistence of Memory offers an unrivaled tour of the absurd and haunting landscape of Dalí's life.
Jean Patou
This original, illustrated monograph recounts haute couture designer Jean Patous charmed life and career during the apex of 20th-century glamour, and is drawn from extensive research into previously unpublished family archives.
Salvador Dali at Home
Salvador Dalí at Home explores the influence of Catalan culture and tradition, Dalí's home life and the places he lived, on his life and work. Fully illustrated with over 130 illustrations of his famous work, as well as lesser known pieces, archive imagery, contemporary landscapes and personal photographs, the book provides uniquely accessible insight into the people and places that shaped this iconic artist and how the homes and landscapes of his life relate to his work.
