The Ultimate Trophy: How the Impressionist Painting Conquered the World

Author:   Philip Hook
Publisher:   Prestel
ISBN:  

9783791350578


Pages:   216
Publication Date:   01 May 2010
Format:   Paperback
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained


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Author:   Philip Hook
Publisher:   Prestel
Imprint:   Prestel
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.513kg
ISBN:  

9783791350578


ISBN 10:   3791350579
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   01 May 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

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'A juicy insider account of the economics of taste and the means of seduction by which a Monet or a Renoir, despised a century ago, is now a financial and artistic icon.' Jackie Wullschlager, Financial Times 'Extremely informed, always interesting and occasionally laugh-out-loud funny, The Ultimate Trophy is a treasure.' Irish Independent 'Urbanely witty and thoroughly informed'. The Daily Mail


'A juicy insider account of the economics of taste and the means of seduction by which a Monet or a Renoir, despised a century ago, is now a financial and artistic icon.' Jackie Wullschlager, Financial Times 'Extremely informed, always interesting and occasionally laugh-out-loud funny, The Ultimate Trophy is a treasure.' Irish Independent 'Urbanely witty and thoroughly informed'. The Daily Mail


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Philip Hook is Senior Director of Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern Art department. He has also worked at Christie's and as an international dealer. He is the author of Optical Illusions, a highly regarded satire of the art world, as well as thrillers. He lives in London.

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