Dealing Art on Both Sides of the Atlantic, 1860-1940 - (Studies in the History of Collecting & Art Markets) by Lynn Catterson (Paperback)

About the Book

Dealing Art on Both Sides of the Atlantic, 1860-1940 aims to bring the marketplace dynamic into sharper focus by examining the functionaries who participate in the art market-agents, scouts, intermediaries, restorers, fakers, decorators, advisers and experts.

Book Synopsis

Dealing Art on Both Sides of the Atlantic, 1860-1940 aims to bring the marketplace dynamic into sharper focus with its essays which examine the many functionaries who participate in the art market network, among them, agents, scouts, intermediaries, restorers, fakers, decorators, advisers and experts. All of the essays are rooted in case studies which give voice to the various aspects of supply-from branding to marketing, from inventory to display, from restoration to pastiche to fabrication. Each is incredibly rich in their marshalling of primary sources and archival materials; in sum, they present an impressive array of new research.

Contributors are: Fae Brauer, Denise M. Budd, Patrizia Cappellini, Lynn Catterson, Sebastien Chaffour, Laura D. Corey, Flaminia Gennari-Santori, Jacqueline Marie Musacchio, Joanna Smalcerz, Alexandra Provo, AnnaLea Tunesi, and Leanne Zalewski.

Review Quotes

"The essays do indeed serve, as the editor hoped, to nuance the workings of the art market, showing that the actual sales and prices were the result of much careful negotiation and preparation." The Society for the History of Collecting, September 2017

About the Author

Lynn Catterson, Ph.D. (2002) Columbia University. She has moved from the 15C and is currently working on the art market in 19C Florence from the point of view of production and social network via its preeminent dealer, Stefano Bardini.