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  • Francis Bacon

    A Self-Portrait in Words

    by Michael Peppiatt ...
    A new selection of letters, statements, and interviews reveals the preoccupations, thoughts, and ideas of Francis Bacon, one of the twentieth century’s most influential and important artists.The documents selected for Francis Bacon: A Self-Portrait in Words illustrate Bacon’s sharp wit and ability to express complex ideas in highly personal, memorable language. Included here are not only letters ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • Francis Bacon in Your Blood

    A Memoir

    by Michael Peppiatt ...
    In "a frank and stylish memoir," an art historian recalls his thirty year friendship with Bacon against the background of the European art world ( The New Yorker ).Michael Peppiatt first met Francis Bacon in June 1963, in the French House in Soho. Peppiatt was immediately swept into the controversial painter's world and, over oysters and champagne, they embarked on a friendship that would endure ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Existential Englishman

    Paris Among the Artists

    by Michael Peppiatt ...
    The Existential Englishman is both a memoir and an intimate portrait of Paris – a city that can enchant, exhilarate and exasperate in equal measure. As Peppiatt remarks: 'You reflect and become the city just as the city reflects and becomes you'. This, then, is one man's not uncritical love letter to Paris.Intensely personal, candid and entertaining, The Existential Englishman chronicles Peppiatt ... Read more

    $19.59 USD

  • Francis Bacon

    Anatomy of an Enigma

    by Michael Peppiatt ...
    Published in 1996, Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma was the first in-depth study of the artist's life. It has not been superseded.In this substantially revised, updated edition - to coincide with the artist's centenary, which will be celebrated from autumn 2008 through summer 2009 - Peppiatt will incorporate confidential material Bacon gave him, which he did not include in the first edition ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Giacometti in Paris

    by Michael Peppiatt ...
    THE TIMES AND WATERSTONES BEST ART BOOK OF 2023'Intimate and insightful . . . reads like a novel by Samuel Beckett' Paul TherouxA portrait of one of the twentieth century's greatest sculptors from one of our most eminent art historiansToday the work of Alberto Giacometti is world-famous and his sculptures sell for record-breaking prices. But from his early days as an unknown outsider to the end of ... Read more

    $20.09 USD

  • Artists' Lives

    by Michael Peppiatt ...
    Engaging encounters, personal anecdotes, and jargon-free critical insights into some of the liveliest creative minds in modern art, by an international art-world insider.Praised by The Art Newspaper as “the best art writer of his generation,” Michael Peppiatt has encountered many European modern artists over more than fifty years. This selection of some of his best biographical writing covers a ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Francis Bacon

    Anatomy of an Enigma

    by Michael Peppiatt ...
    Francis Bacon was one of the most powerful and enigmatic creative geniuses of the twentieth century. Immediately recognizable, his paintings continue to challenge interpretations and provoke controversy. Bacon was also an extraordinary personality. Generous but cruel, forthright yet manipulative, ebullient but in despair: He was the sum of his contradictions. This life, lived at extremes, was ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Francis Bacon

    Anatomy of an Enigma

    by Michael Peppiatt ...
    This book, a biography on Francis Bacon, is inspired by the friendship the author had with Bacon and based on records of the conversations that took place since 1963. The book forms the first comprehensive account of the artist's life and his work. ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

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  • The Restaurant

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    The acclaimed food critic's two-thousand-year history of going out to eat, from the ancient Romans in Pompeii to the luxurious Michelin-starred restaurants of today.Starting with the surprisingly sophisticated dining scene in the city of Pompeii, William Sitwell embarks on a romp through culinary history, meeting the characters and discovering the events that shape the way we eat today. The Daily ... Read more

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  • The Queens of Animation

    The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History

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  • Flowers in the Blood

    The Story of Opium

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