
01/24/2026, 3:00 p.m.
Princeton Public Library
“What do you do when your husband gets the best job in the country in a field that he stole from you? Well, that’s what happened to me, and that’s what this book is about.” So begins Marilyn Aronberg Lavin’s spirited memoir of her seventy-year relationship with Irving Lavin, one of America’s most eminent art historians. Her narrative traces their parallel careers as they both achieve remarkable success—he as a distinguished professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton; she as an award-winning authority on Italian Renaissance painting, iconography, and collectionism. Reflecting on their shared passion for the history of art, Marilyn has crafted a portrait of a partnership, while showing readers how the world of art history can be both intellectually rigorous and emotionally rewarding.
The author will present her book at the Princeton Public Library and invite attendees to a book signing afterwards.
Princeton Public Library
65 Witherspoon St
Princeton, NJ 08542
United States
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More on the book One Life for Two can be found here.