In one of the rooms we find an inner cubicle dedicated to Pegeen Vail (1925-1967) and her works with Edigio Constantini. It was moving to read how much Peggy Guggenheim felt for her daughter: “My darling Pegeen, who was not only a daughter, but also a mother, a friend and a sister to me…There was no one in the world I loved so much. I felt that all the light had gone out of my life. Pegeen was a most talented primitive painter…”
We continue to meander through the Palazzo, and finally end up in the Terrace. Here is where we find Gill’s other two favourites: The Angel of the City by Marino Marini and Chariot by Fritz Koenig.
Now, about Marino Marini… Gill says, “I first found out about this sculptor at his museum in Florence and thought that his work is stunning. Marini was a 19th-century Italian sculptor and 2D artist, who made stylised horse and rider pieces...
At the Seaside by Pegeen Vail
Glass Sculptures After Sketches by Picasso by Edigio Constantini
Clementine by Pegeen Vail & Edigio Constantini
Silver Bed Head by Alexander Calder
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