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The canines hold court from a
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But not necessarily in that order. While a passion for the
latter ran in the family (her uncle Solomon founded the
Guggenheim Museum in her native NewYork), it wasn’t
until Guggenheimwasnearly 40 yearsoldandadivorced
mother of two living in Europe that Marcel Duchamp
advised her on her first purchase, a small piece by Jean
Arp in 1937, thereby sparking a lifelong obsession.
BythetimeWorldWarIIbrokeout,Guggenheimwas
a fervent patroness. She vowed to “buy a picture a day,”
which helped many artists stave off ruin in the early days
of the war. As tensions escalated and she made plans to
leave Europe, she shipped her entire collection, including
a Kandinsky, several Klees, and a Mondrian, to the U.S.
forsafekeeping.Guggenheimalsoarrangedpassageoutof
Europeforothers—amongthemherfuturehusband,Max
Ernst,whompainterYvesTanguyplayfullydubbedPeggy
Guggenheim’s Consort No. 3,812.
Although she was glib about marital infidelity (when
asked how many husbands she’d had, the twice-married
Guggenheim quipped, “D’you mean my own or other
people’s?”), her loyalty to artists was unwavering. An avid
earringcollector,shefamouslyworeonedesignedbyTan-
guy and another by Alexander Calder to the opening of
her New York gallery (Art of This Century, in 1942) to
show she supported both equally. When she settled in
Veniceafterthewar,Guggenheim,whopreferredtospend
hermoneyonartratherthanfashion,investedintwochic
outfits:onebyherbelovedFortunyandlateronebytextile
designerKenScott.ShealsocommissionedpainterEdward
Melcarthtocreatebat-wingandbutterflyeyeglasses.Along
with her pouf of white hair, red lipstick, and extravagant
earrings, they became her signature.
HerlookhasinfluenceddesignersincludingKarlLager-
feld, who channeled it for Chanel’s latest cruise collection.
(Incidentally,hedonatedapairofhersunglasseshe’dbought
at auction to her museum after using them in this shoot.)
TheshowwasinVenice,whereGuggenheimspentherfinal
decades touring the Grand Canal in her gondola, the last
inthecitytobeprivatelyowned.Insteadofthetraditional
cavalli (sea-horse-shaped hardware), the ropes of her craft
weretiedtoLhasaapsostatuettesinhonorofthe14canines
that partially inspired her nickname, La Dogaressa.
Since Guggenheim’s death in 1979 (she was interred
next to her dogs), the Peggy Guggenheim Collection has
been open to the public in her home, the Palazzo Venier
dei Leoni, which was once the residence of Marchesa
Luisa Casati, herself known to épater le bourgeois. It
remains one of the most important collections of 20th-
century art. Jenna Gabrial Gallagher
Peggyguggenheim
Dogs,andart.
lovers,
wasknownfor
Collecting
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In the spirit of transformation,
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Special thanks to the Peggy
Guggenheim Collection, Venice.
