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

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

Hook, Philip

Summary
Philip Hook takes the lid off the world of art dealing to reveal the brilliance, cunning, greed, and daring of its practitioners. In a richly anecdotal chronological narrative he describes the rise and occasional fall of the extraordinary men and ... Read more
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 ... Read more
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298 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Publisher
Experiment 2017
MARC Permalink

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 709 HOO in Adult Non-fiction Available

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