Plausible Portraits of James Lord by James Lord

Plausible Portraits of James Lord by James Lord

Incisive reflections on more than twenty portraits of the author by some of the greatest artists of the last century

Over the course of his life as a friend and confidant of artists and collectors, and as a lover of art himself, James Lord has written some of the best accounts we have of modern aesthetic genius; his biography of Giacometti was widely acclaimed for succeeding, in the words of one reviewer, "in every way as one of the most readable, fascinating and informative documents, not just on an artist, but on art and artists in general" (The Washington Times). And yet through his connection with the great artists of his day, it was inevitable that Lord would himself become the object of the artist's gaze. In fact, from the time he was a young man, Lord sat for many of the major and minor painters and photographers of his day, including Balthus, Cocteau, Cartier-Bresson, Freud, Giacometti, and Picasso--in all but one case at the artist's request. In Plausible Portraits, Lord gathers, alongside these images, his reflections, penetrating the mind of artist and model alike in a sequence of illuminating double portraits of two masters at work.

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James Lord (1922-2009) originally traveled to France as a member of the Military Intelligence Service at the age of twenty-one during World War II. He lived in Paris for the majority of his life, where he met many of the most famous figures in modern European art. He has been appointed an officer of the Legion of Honour in appreciation of his service to French culture. A Giacometti Portrait and My Queer War are two of his books.

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ISBN 13	9780374281748
ISBN 10	0374281742
Title	Plausible Portraits of James Lord
Author	James Lord
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Year published	2003-04-15
Number of pages	224
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