Art Held Hostage The Battle over the Barnes Collection

Name: Art Held Hostage The Battle over the Barnes Collection
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ISBN: 9780393347319

ISBN-10: 0393347311

ISBN-13: 9780393347319

Edition: 2013

Authors: John Anderson

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This is the story of how a fabled art foundation—the greatest collection of impressionist and postimpressionist art in America—came to be, and how more than a decade of legal squabbling brought it to the brink of collapse and to a move that many believe betrayed the wishes of the founder. Art Held Hostage has been described by Time magazine as “the indispensable history of the Barnes” and by the Los Angeles Times as “the definitive account of the saga.” The Washington Post hailed it “as a substantial work of reporting and historical research” and referred to it as “John Anderson’s excellent book.” Now with a new and updated epilogue, theauthor details the current state of this international…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/3/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 0.55" wide x 0.83" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 5.500
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: This Paradise of Art



Portrait of Dr. Barnes



De Medici in Merion



The Mysterious Miss de Mazia



Lincoln Takes Command



Meet Richard Glanton



Into the Brightness of the Future



The Subject Was Chest Hair



Trying to Reform Richard



No End of Mischief



The Ticking of the Clocks



This Thing Was Gonna Be a Cakewalk



The Pursuit of Justice



Someone Has to Be Accountable



A Summer Without Shame



A Mighty Heavy Blow



I Was the Barnes



A Haunted Place


A New Epilogue: The Wreckers' Ball


Index