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PollockS Last Lover: A Novel Of Art And Deception
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Set In New York City In Alternating Time PeriodsThe 1950S And The Early 2000SPollockS Last Lover Is The Engrossing Tale Of Two Women Whose Lives Collide As They Contend With The Art And Legacy Of The Brilliant, Tragic Painter Jackson Pollock.In 2006, SothebyS Sells A Painting By Jackson Pollock For $140 MillionThe Highest Sum Ever Paid For A Work Of Art. Two Weeks Later, An Older Woman Named Ruth Kligman, In High Heels And A Dusty Fascinator, Contacts A Smaller, Less Prominent Auction House To Announce That She Was PollockS Lover, And That He Gave Her His Last Painting. She Declares That It Was Selfish To Keep It In Her Apartment For Fifty Years, And That People Should See This Masterpiece In Galleries And Museums The World Over. The Bidding Will Start At $50 Million.Gwen, An UpAndComing Associate At The Firm, Is Assigned The Task Of Verifying The PaintingS Authenticity. For Gwen, An Ambitious Woman In A Field Often Dominated By Men, It Is Her Biggest Project Yet. And The Company Must Have Absolute Certainty. Yet Each Step Of The Investigation Raises Larger QuestionsAbout RuthS Cunning Climb In The Art World, And Even About What Caused PollockS Sudden And Violent Death.What Follows, In Alternating Chapters And Time Periods, Is A Multigenerational Portrait Of WomenS Ambition Set Against The Life And Work Of Jackson Pollock. From Smoky Greenwich Village Dive Bars To Glitzy Art Auctions, From The Empty Studio Of A Man Once Known For His Artistic Stamina To The Fine Museums Where His Works Hang, RuthS Controversial Painting Provides A Window Into Two ErasAnd The Ongoing Struggle Of Women To Develop Power And Freedom On Their Own Terms.
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