Lee Miller: A Life

Lee Miller: A Life - Paperback

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Lee Miller: A Life

Lee Miller: A Life - Paperback

by Carolyn Burke
$25.34
Sale price  $25.34 Regular price 

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by Carolyn Burke (Author)

Lee Miller's life embodied all the contradictions and complications of the twentieth century: a model and photographer, muse and reporter, sexual adventurer and domestic goddess, she was also America's first female war correspondent. Carolyn Burke, a biographer and art critic, here reveals how the muse who inspired Man Ray, Cocteau, and Picasso could be the same person who unflinchingly photographed the horrors of Buchenwald and Dachau. Burke captures all the verve and energy of Miller's life: from her early childhood trauma to her stint as a Vogue model and art-world ingénue, from her harrowing years as a war correspondent to her unconventional marriages and passion for gourmet cooking. A lavishly illustrated story of art and beauty, sex and power, Modernism and Surrealism, Lee Miller illuminates an astonishing woman's journey from art object to artist.

Author Biography

Carolyn Burke has taught at Princeton and the University of California at Santa Cruz, among other universities in France, the U.S., and Australia. She is the author of Becoming Modern: The Life of Mina Loy.

Number of Pages: 446
Dimensions: 1.04 x 9.3 x 6.06 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: April 01, 2007
ISBN9780226080673
Author Carolyn Burke
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
GenreBiography and Arts
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 2007
LanguageENG- English
Pages446
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Carolyn Burke

CAROLYN BURKE is the author of No Regrets: The Life of Edith Piaf, Lee Miller: A Life (finalist for the NBCC), and Becoming Modern: The Life of Mina Loy. Born in Sydney, Australia, she now lives in Santa Cruz, California.

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