Tales from the art crypt: the painters, the museums, the curators, the collectors, the auctions, the art

Abstract

Feigen, an art collector and dealer, writes from fifty years experience in the art world.

Contents

Introduction -- Detective stories -- The Jefferson portrait -- Fresh paint and postage stamps -- Chicago, New York, and the saving of Soho -- The storm before the calm -- Dr. Barnes and the devil -- Rose and Morton Neumann -- The war of the museums -- Julien Levy -- Artists' vestals -- The Bute "Trumbull" -- Baksheesh -- The power of the press -- Mary and Leigh Block -- Gertrude Stein: the inheritance.