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"One of the most eagerly read and widely discussed long pieces [The New Yorker] has ever published."
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Originally published as a serial in The New Yorker, this is the dramatic true-life tale of the man who single-handedly built some of the world's great art collections. "You can get all the pictures you want at fifty thousand dollars - that's easy. But get pictures at a quarter of a million apiece - that wants some doing." Joseph Duveen's words were not idle chat, as this evocative chronicle of the legendary character shows. A virtuoso salesman who died in 1939, Duveen exploited the simple idea that Europe had art and America had money. The story of his masterful maneuvering against competitors (including the czar of Russia) and his manipulation of American industrialists - first to buy, then to bequeath, major art collections - makes for rousing reading.
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"One of the most eagerly read and widely discussed long pieces [The New Yorker] has ever published."
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Originally published as a serial in The New Yorker, this is the dramatic true-life tale of the man who single-handedly built some of the world's great art collections. "You can get all the pictures you want at fifty thousand dollars - that's easy. But get pictures at a quarter of a million apiece - that wants some doing." Joseph Duveen's words were not idle chat, as this evocative chronicle of the legendary character shows. A virtuoso salesman who died in 1939, Duveen exploited the simple idea that Europe had art and America had money. The story of his masterful maneuvering against competitors (including the czar of Russia) and his manipulation of American industrialists - first to buy, then to bequeath, major art collections - makes for rousing reading.
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WHEN JOSEPH DUVEEN, the most spectacular art dealer of all time, travelled from one to another of his three galleries, in Paris, New York, and London, his business, including a certain amount of his stock in trade, travelled with him. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rival dealer, buying pictures, smuggling case, blue boy, selling pictures Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Uncle Henry, New York, Joseph Joel, Fifth Avenue, Joseph Duveen, United States, Lord Duveen, Sir Charles, Ministry of Marine, Oxford Street, Fragonard Room, Red Boy, Collis Huntington, King George, Sarah Siddons, Van Dyck, Arabella Huntington, Duveen Era, Frick Collection, Lady Lavery, Leonardo da Vinci, Madison Avenue, Prime Minister, San Marino, Secretary of the Treasury New!
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WHEN JOSEPH DUVEEN, the most spectacular art dealer of all time, travelled from one to another of his three galleries, in Paris, New York, and London, his business, including a certain amount of his stock in trade, travelled with him. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rival dealer, buying pictures, smuggling case, blue boy, selling pictures Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Uncle Henry, New York, Joseph Joel, Fifth Avenue, Joseph Duveen, United States, Lord Duveen, Sir Charles, Ministry of Marine, Oxford Street, Fragonard Room, Red Boy, Collis Huntington, King George, Sarah Siddons, Van Dyck, Arabella Huntington, Duveen Era, Frick Collection, Lady Lavery, Leonardo da Vinci, Madison Avenue, Prime Minister, San Marino, Secretary of the Treasury New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Italian Painters of the Renaissance by Bernard Berenson on page 95, page 106, and page 114
- Sketch for a Self Portrait by Bernard Berenson on page 105, page 114, and page 127
- Still Life by American Federation Of Art in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Fra Angelico (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series) by Laurence B. Kanter in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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