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Rogues' gallery, the rise (and occasional fall) of art dealers, the hidden players in the history of art, Philip Hook

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Rogues' gallery, the rise (and occasional fall) of art dealers, the hidden players in the history of art, Philip Hook

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Rogues' gallery

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

975126089

Responsibility statement

Philip Hook

Sub title

the rise (and occasional fall) of art dealers, the hidden players in the history of art

Table Of Contents

Renaissance and Enlightenment. Agents and Merchants: Dealing before 1700 -- Crooks and Connoisseurs: the Eighteenth Century -- The Nineteenth Century. The Art of Speculation: William Buchanan -- Ernest Gambart and the Victorian Art Boom -- Modern Times. Joseph Duveen: the Salesman as Artist -- The Wildenstein Dynasty -- Selling the New: Paul Durand-Ruel -- The Enrichment of Ambroise Vollard -- Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler: Dealer as Purist -- The Fox and the Shrimp: the Rosenberg Brothers -- Terrorists and Tastemakers: More French Dealers -- From Cassirer to Berggruen: the Germans -- Gentlemen and Players: the British -- Into the Contemporary World. Peter Wilson and the Invention of the Modern Art Market -- The Art of Shopping: Dealing in the USA -- Leo Castelli and the American Dream -- The Cutting Edge

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