Pegi by Herself : the Life of Pegi Nicol MacLeod, Canadian Artist. by Brandon Laura - 2014

Montreal: McGill Queens Univ Press, 2014. black cloth, xvii, 241 pages, [16] pages of color plates : illustrations (some color), portraits, ex library with spine label and stamps, else a , clean , bright copy CONTENTS; The intense gaze, 1904-1926 -- A new life, 1923-1926 -- "The one who falls in the lake," 1926-1931 -- Left-wing flames, 1931-1932 -- Kaleidoscope, 1932-1934 -- Cyclamens and begonias, 1934-1935 -- A wider circle and a wedding, 1936 -- Greenwich Village vistas, 1937-1939 -- A New Brunswick renaissance, 1939-1940 -- Six weeks in summer, 1941-1948 -- Figuring war, part 1, 1940-1944 -- Figuring war, part 2, 1944-1946 -- Wrestling with New York, 1940-1947 -- Manchattan cycle in Canada, 1947-1949 -- A cruel irony, 1948-1949 -- Epilogue: a joyous prolificness. "A free-spirited artist, Nicol MacLeod is also remembered for her colourful life, love affairs, and significant friendships with Vincent Massey, Norman Bethune, Frank Scott, and Graham Spry. In Pegi by Herself, Laura Brandon draws on the artist's letters and autobiographical pantings. This first full-length biography is an illustrated portrayal of a painter who contributed greatly to Canada's artistic tradition."--Jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8 vo,. Art.