THE FRICK [Art] COLLECTION--An Illustrated Catalogue

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NY:: Frick Collection,, 1968. Hardcovers; lack slipcase; otherwise condition rather good.. + indexes. Heavily illus. with b&w & color plates. `First of 9 volumes which will comprise a complete catalogue of the works of art in the Frick Collection.' ||| Vol. I--American, British, Dutch, Flemish, German Paintings. Vol. II--French, Italian, Spanish Paintings. ||| Frick (1849-1919) at 30 was `worth a million dollars...[with] firm hand toward labor [&] improvement of operating methods, controlled Carnegie Steel.'--DAB. His methods, like the stock-watering & price-boosting of stocks for a financial coup were characteristic of turn-of-the-20th-century business practices.