Description
A biography of the art dealer and collector, Arthur Jeffress, featuring previously unpublished information about his life and death.
About the Author
Gill Hedley worked as a museum curator in three regional museums before organising major exhibitions world-wide for the British Council. Now freelance, she works as a writer, exhibition curator, museum consultant and advisor to a number of individual artists. She will curate an exhibition 'A Complete Portrait of Arthur Jeffress' for Southampton City Art Gallery in early 2020. Gill is the author of Free Seats for All (2018) and Let Her Paint (1988).
Reviews
Picaresque and tragic by turns, packed full of incident, Gill Hedley has breathed new life into a near-forgotten figure. Soon not to have heard of Arthur Jeffress will be seen as betraying a shameful ignorance of our art historical past. * Robin Muir author of Under the Influence John Deakin, Photography and the Lure of Soho (2014) *
In this impressive and immersive biography, Gill Hedley seeks to go beyond Arthur Jeffress' reputation as 'flamboyant American millionaire, eccentric and exotic art collector, [and] tragic homosexual', revealing the complexities of the man behind the caricature whilst also offering a compelling portrait of the cultural jet set through much of the 20th century. * Art Quarterly *
Awards
Long-listed for The Berger Prize 2021 (United States).
Book Information
ISBN 9781838602819
Author Gill Hedley
Format Hardback
Page Count 384
Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 772g