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Also Known As Marguerite Guggenheim
Born August 26, 1898 • New York City • New York
Died December 23, 1979 (aged 81) • near Venice • Italy
Founder Guggenheim Collection
Notable Family Members spouse Max Ernst • father Benjamin Guggenheim

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Duchamp, Marcel
Marcel Duchamp
French artist
Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1906.
Isabella Stewart Gardner
American arts patron
Bradley Walker Tomlin
American painter
Dorothea Tanning
Dorothea Tanning
American painter and writer
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist
Christina, engraving by Cornelis Visscher, 1650.
Christina
queen of Sweden
Pablo Picasso: Apollinaire
Guillaume Apollinaire
French poet
Wifredo Lam
Cuban artist
Francis Picabia
Francis Picabia
French artist
Thomas Howard, 2nd earl of Arundel
Thomas Howard, 2nd earl of Arundel
English noble
Pierre Reverdy
French poet
Etta Cone
American art collector
Claribel Cone
American art collector
Charles Lang Freer
American industrialist and art collector
Marjorie Merriweather Post
American heiress and philanthropist
Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock
American artist
Roger Brown
American artist and collector
Mark Rothko: Untitled (1954) and Yellow Band (1956)
Mark Rothko
American artist
Lee Miller and Frederick Laws
Lee Miller
American photographer, artist, and model
Elaine and Willem de Kooning
Willem de Kooning
American artist