Author: Hess, John L.
Title: The Grand Acquisitors.
Description: Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1974. 1974. SIGNED BY JOHN L. HESS - Octavo, golden yellow cloth with an illustration in blind on the front cover in a dust wrapper. The extremities and the head & tail of the spine are slightly faded with a tiny gray mark to the spine. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed & chipped with the spine & the bottom edge of the front cover a bit darkened. Half-title, title, [5] leaves & 178 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. The top edge is foxed with minor foxing to the fore-edge & bottom edge. Good. First edition. Signed in full by John L. Hess on the front endpaper. "John Hess has written a book about the world of art in general and Thomas Hoving and his Metropolitan Museum of Art in particular..A book which presumes to trace the rise and fall of those heroes and villains, dealers and directors, curators and patrons, who wield cultural power, or at least think they do.." [From the dust wrapper copy]. Good .
Keywords: ART; ART ACQUISITIONS; THE GRAND ACQUISITORS; JOHN L. HESS; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; ART INSTITUTIONS; MUSEUMS; GALLERIES; DEALERS; DIRECTORS; BOARD MEMBERS; CURATORS; PATRONS; METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART; THOMAS HOVING, DIRECTOR; THEODORE ROUSSEAU, C
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Title: The Grand Acquisitors.
Description: Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1974. 1974. SIGNED BY JOHN L. HESS - Octavo, golden yellow cloth with an illustration in blind on the front cover in a dust wrapper. The extremities and the head & tail of the spine are slightly faded with a tiny gray mark to the spine. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed & chipped with the spine & the bottom edge of the front cover a bit darkened. Half-title, title, [5] leaves & 178 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. The top edge is foxed with minor foxing to the fore-edge & bottom edge. Good. First edition. Signed in full by John L. Hess on the front endpaper. "John Hess has written a book about the world of art in general and Thomas Hoving and his Metropolitan Museum of Art in particular..A book which presumes to trace the rise and fall of those heroes and villains, dealers and directors, curators and patrons, who wield cultural power, or at least think they do.." [From the dust wrapper copy]. Good .
Keywords: ART; ART ACQUISITIONS; THE GRAND ACQUISITORS; JOHN L. HESS; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; ART INSTITUTIONS; MUSEUMS; GALLERIES; DEALERS; DIRECTORS; BOARD MEMBERS; CURATORS; PATRONS; METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART; THOMAS HOVING, DIRECTOR; THEODORE ROUSSEAU, C
Price: US$ 10.00 Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
- Book number: 37664
- Book number: 37664
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