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Rogues' gallery : the rise (and occasional fall) of art dealers, the hidden players in the history of art / Philip Hook.

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General Note:	"Originally published in the UK as Rogues' Gallery: A History of Art and Its Dealers by Profile Books Ltd in 2017."
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Renaissance and Enlightenment. Agents and Merchants: Dealing before 1700 -- Crooks and Connoisseurs: the Eighteenth Century -- The Nineteenth Century. The Art of Speculation: William Buchanan -- Ernest Gambart and the Victorian Art Boom -- Modern Times. Joseph Duveen: the Salesman as Artist -- The Wildenstein Dynasty -- Selling the New: Paul Durand-Ruel -- The Enrichment of Ambroise Vollard -- Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler: Dealer as Purist -- The Fox and the Shrimp: the Rosenberg Brothers -- Terrorists and Tastemakers: More French Dealers -- From Cassirer to Berggruen: the Germans -- Gentlemen and Players: the British -- Into the Contemporary World. Peter Wilson and the Invention of the Modern Art Market -- The Art of Shopping: Dealing in the USA -- Leo Castelli and the American Dream -- The Cutting Edge.