{"product_id":"2940170010240","title":"The Last Nude","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe passionate story of an artist and her most famous muse, set in Paris between the World Wars. A tour-de-force of historical imagination, inspired by real events.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eParis, 1927, a day in July. A destitute young American named Rafaela Fano gets into the car of a dazzling stranger, the Art Deco painter Tamara de Lempicka. Struggling to halt a downward slide toward prostitution, Rafaela agrees to model for the artist. The two become lovers, and Rafaela inspires Tamara¿s most accomplished and prized works of art, including \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Rafaela\u003c\/i\u003e, ¿one of the most important nudes of the twentieth century¿ (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe relationship between the artist and her muse lasted less than a year, yet in 1980, just before Tamara died, she was working on a copy of \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Rafaela\u003c\/i\u003e. Author Ellis Avery imagines their affair from Rafaela¿s point of view, and the final day of Tamara¿s life from the painter¿s point of view. A window into Jazz Age Paris as the forces of history close in, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Nude\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of genius and craft, art and money, friendship and desire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HighBridge Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150534852848,"sku":"2940170010240","price":24.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170010240_p0.jpg?v=1763699105","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170010240","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}