Art Markets, Agents and Collectors brings together a wide variety of case studies, based on letters and detailed archival research, which nuance the history of
While Paris was the capital of the art world at the turn of the twentieth century, many of the city's galleries expanded globally and cultivated international a
On the basis of extensive archival research, the essays in this volume examine the minutiae of object transaction in the late nineteenth-century art market with
By the turn of the twentieth century, Paris was the capital of the art world. While this is usually understood to mean that Paris was the center of art producti
Assessing art's potential as an investment, this book offers an overview and evaluation of the world's art markets. It includes the history of art investment, b