Art held hostage the battle over the Barnes collection

This is the story of how a fabled art foundation -- the greatest collection of impressionist and postimpressionist art in America, including 69 Cézannes, 60 Matisses, and 44 Picassos, among many priceless others -- came to be, and how more than a decade of legal squabbling brought it to the brink o...

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Main Author: Anderson, John, 1954 March 27- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.
Edition:Norton paperback.
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520 0 |a This is the story of how a fabled art foundation -- the greatest collection of impressionist and postimpressionist art in America, including 69 Cézannes, 60 Matisses, and 44 Picassos, among many priceless others -- 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, Dr. Albert C. Barnes (1872 -- 1951). Art Held Hostage is now updated with a new epilogue by the author covering the current state of this international treasure and the endless battle over its fate. 8 pages of photographs.--Amazon.com 
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