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DUVEEN: A LIFE IN ART by SECREST, MERYLE (Hardcover - 2004) ISBN: JPM0375410422 Subject: BIOGRAPHY Publisher: KNOPF The first major biography of Duveen in more than fifty years and the first to make use of his enormous archive¡Xonly recently opened to the public¡XMeryle Secrest's Duveen traces the rapid ascent of the tirelessly enterprising dealer, from his humble beginnings running his father's business to knighthood and eventually apeerage. The eldest of eight sons of Jewish-Dutch immigrants, Duveen inherited an uncanny ability to spot a hidden treasure from his father, proprietor of a prosperous antiques business. After his father's death, Duveen moved the company into the riskier but lucrative market of paintings and quickly became one of the world's leading art dealers. The key to Duveen's success was his simple observation that while Europe had the art, America had the money; Duveen made his fortune by buying art from declining European aristocrats and selling them to the "squillionaires" in the United States. |
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ELSA SCHIAPARELLI by SECREST, MERYLE (Paperback - 2015) ISBN: 9780241966860 Subject: BIOGRAPHY Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD |
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN by SECREST, MERYLE (Hardcover - 1994) ISBN: 9780679407317 Subject: MUSIC Publisher: KNOPF |
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