A short distance east of the Accademia on the Grand Canal we find Peggy Guggenheim's famous private art collection.
On our walk to the collection Bill and I found this fun portrait of the collector. We have also found portraits of women with the Superman logo in Rome and Naples.
We enter through the conservation laboratory. Robert Delaunay's Windows Open, 1912, is being restored.
Cabinet of pigments in the Restoration Lab.
Among the sculptures in the garden, Max Ernst's Young Woman in the Form of a Flower, 1944, stood out.
Every time we visit I stand in front of Picasso's Man in a Striped Jersey, 1939. That palate of greys is so satisfying.
Calder made this Silver Bedhead for Peggy in 1943.
He made these earrings for her in 1938.
Joan Mitchell painted this in 1962.
Kandinsky's Upward, 1929, with tourists.
The artist Julius Bissier was new to us. We liked his watercolours, 1959-1962,
Here's a closer look at his watercolour 16 July 1960-G.
The Guggenheim fronts onto the Grand Canal. Here is the name on the side of the building.
Visitors arriving by boat are greeted by Marino Marini's Angel of the City. The metal penis is removable.
View of the Grand Canal from the Guggenheim.
We exit through the garden. Bill was fascinated by the sight of the nearby palaces and domes.
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