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The story of 1910s painter Mina Loy, onetime lover of Henri Matisse, and her doomed romance with boxer and art critic Arthur Cravan. It is told through correspondence between Loy and Cravan's friend, black boxing champ Jack Johnson. A look at the world of avant-garde art by an Irish writer.
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5 editions- Paperback · English · 2000Grove Press · 320 pages · 9780802137227
- Paperback · English · 1999Trafalgar Square · 288 pages · 9780747544609
- Other · English · 1999M&S · 308 pages · 9780771053511
- Other · English · 1999Grove Press · 308 pages · 9780802116475
- Other · English · 1999Bloomsbury · 308 pages · 9780747539827
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