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Rogues' Gallery: A History Of Art And Its Dealers

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 narrative he describes the rise and occasional fall of the extraordinary men and women

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Philip Hook takes the lid off the world of art dealing to reveal the brilliance, cunning, greed & daring of its practitioners. 

In a richly anecdotal narrative he describes the rise & occasional fall of the extraordinary men & women who over the centuries have made it their business to sell art to kings, merchants, nobles, entrepreneurs & museums.

From its beginnings in Antwerp, where paintings were sometimes sold by weight, to the rich hauteur of the contemporary gallery in London, Paris & New York, art dealing has been about identifying what is intangible but infinitely desirable, & then finding clients for whom it is irresistible. 

Philip Hook's history is one of human folly, greed & duplicity, interspersed with ingenuity, inspiration & acts of heroism. Rogues' Gallery is learned, witty & irresistibly readable.

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• ISBN: 9781781255711
• Author: Philip Hook 
• Publisher: Profile Books 
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 288
• Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.8 cm

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