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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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At the end of the 1990s, with the art market finally recovered from its disastrous collapse, Miss Rebecca Farwell has made a killing at Christie's in New York City, selling a portion of her extraordinary art collection for a rumored 900 percent profit. Dressed in couture YSL, drinking the finest champagne at trendy Balthazar, Reba, as she's known, is the picture of a wealthy art collector. To some, the elusive Miss Farwell is a shark with outstanding...
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Language
English
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Traces the parallel stories of nineteenth-century art patron Charles Ephrussi and his unique collection of 360 miniature netsuke Japanese ivory carvings, documenting Ephrussi's relationship with Marcel Proust and the impact of the Holocaust on his cosmopolitan family.
Author
Publisher
Melcher Media
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
176 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The first woman U.S. Secretary of State tells stories surrounding her pin collection, describing the pin not just as a piece of jewelry, but a badge of individuality, a vibrant vehicle for telling a story, and even a diplomatic tool for delivering messages to world leaders, politicians, and the public.
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Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
xvi, 207 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A gallery of never-before-published 19th- and 20th-century drawings and invaluable insight from teachers of the Art Students League of New York along with exemplary works by them and their select students.
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