Dealing art on both sides of the Atlantic, 1860-1940

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Imprint:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

Subject:

Art - Economic aspects - Europe - History - 19th century
Art - Economic aspects - United States - History - 19th century
Art - Economic aspects - Europe - History - 20th century
Art - Economic aspects - United States - History - 20th century

Contributor:

Catterson, Lynn, editor

ISBN:

9789004336971 and 9004336974

Series:

Studies in the history of collecting & art markets

Description:

vi, 330 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Bibliographic Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

1. Introduction / Lynn Catterson -- The Artist as Dealer. 2. The Many Hats of Mary Cassatt: Artist, Advisor, Broker, Tastemaker / Laura D. Corey -- 3. The Misses Williams in Salem and Rome / Jacqueline Marie Musacchio -- Dealers Shaping and Influencing Taste. 4. 4. "A Public-Spirited Merchant": Samuel P. Avery, Art Dealer, Advisor, Philanthropist / Leanne Zalewski -- 5. Dealing with Cubism: Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler's Perilous Internationalism / Fae Brauer -- Supply Created by Dealer. 6. Charles Mather Ffoulke and the Market for Tapestries in Late Nineteenth-Century America / Denise M. Budd -- 7. The Art Dealer and the Devil: Remarks on the Relationship of Elia Volpi and Wilhelm von Bode / Patrizia Cappellini -- Demand Created by Dealers. 8. An Imaginary Italy on the Shores of Florida: Paul Chalfin, Vizcaya and the International Market for Italian Decorative Arts in 1910s / Flaminia Gennari-Santori -- 9. Selling French Modern Art in the American Market: César de Hauke as Agent of Jacques Seligmann & Co., 1925-1940 / Sébastien Chauffour -- The Role of Photographs in the Selling of Art. 10. Stefano Bardini and C.F. Walker, His London Agent / Annalea Tunesi -- 11. Surrogates and Intermediaries: The Informational Role of Photographs in the Art Market / Alexandra Provo -- The Bureaucratic Network. 12. A Lesson in Loopholes: Stefano Bardini, and the Export of the Botticelli Frescoes from Villa Lemmi / Joanna Smalcerz

Summary:

Dealing Art on Both Sides of the Atlantic, 1860-1940 aims to bring the marketplace dynamic into sharper focus with its essays which examine the many functionaries who participate in the art market network, among them, agents, scouts, intermediaries, restorers, fakers, decorators, advisers and experts. All of the essays are rooted in case studies which give voice to the various aspects of supplyfrom branding to marketing, from inventory to display, from restoration to pastiche to fabrication. Each is incredibly rich in their marshalling of primary sources and archival materials; in sum, they present an impressive array of new research

Collection:

BGC Monograph Stacks

Call Number:

N8600 .D43 2017 2

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