Hill-Stead Museum – Hill-Stead's Benefit Dinner Auction The Grand Tour
Auction Ends: May 23, 2016 11:59 PM EDT

Books

Degas and Cassatt, Truth and Fiction

Item Number
5
Estimated Value
127 USD
Opening Bid
60 USD

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Item Description

This bundle of books includes a glimpse into the lives of these Impressionist artists. The Metropolitan Museum of Art's publication The Private Collection of Edgar Degas (now out of print) includes works by, and of, Mary Cassatt. Also included are two signed hardcover editions of I Always Loved You by Robin Oliveira, the best-selling author of My Name is Mary Sutter. In her latest novel, Oliveira brilliantly re-creates the irresistible world of Belle Époque Paris, writing with grace and uncommon insight into the passion and foibles of the human heart. One evening the young Mary Cassatt is introduced by a friend to Edgar Degas and her life changes forever. Years later she will learn that he had begged for the introduction, but in that moment their meeting seems a miracle. So begins the defining period of her life and the most tempestuous of relationships.