Duveen: A Life In Art
by Meryle Secrest
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
The book and unclipped dj are in new condition. Author's full signature appears under the title on the second title page. Statd first edition; presumed first printing. Contains 86 b&w photos.
From the dj:
Duveen's whole career was based on the simple observation: Europe has the art; America, the money. Secrest shows how he sold hundreds of masterpieces by Bellini, Botticelli, Giotto, Raphael, Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Watteau, Velázquez, Vermeer, and Titian, among others, by convincing such self-made Americans as Morgan, Frick, Huntington, Widener, Bache, Mellon, and Kress that ownership of great art would ennoble them, and while waving such huge sums at the already noble British owners that the art changed hands and all were happy.
Shipment to any U. S. location will be upgraded to priority mail at no additional charge.
Book will be priority mailed to any U. S. address.
From the dj:
Duveen's whole career was based on the simple observation: Europe has the art; America, the money. Secrest shows how he sold hundreds of masterpieces by Bellini, Botticelli, Giotto, Raphael, Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Watteau, Velázquez, Vermeer, and Titian, among others, by convincing such self-made Americans as Morgan, Frick, Huntington, Widener, Bache, Mellon, and Kress that ownership of great art would ennoble them, and while waving such huge sums at the already noble British owners that the art changed hands and all were happy.
Shipment to any U. S. location will be upgraded to priority mail at no additional charge.
Book will be priority mailed to any U. S. address.
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Details
- Bookseller
- M&J Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 495
- Title
- Duveen: A Life In Art
- Author
- Meryle Secrest
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- Pages
- 517
- Size
- 9.75 x 8.75 x1.6"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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