{"product_id":"landscape-with-figures-a-history-of-art-dealing-in-the-united-states-9780195136739","title":"Landscape with Figures: A History of Art Dealing in the United States","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow did the United States become not only the leading contemporary art scene in the world  but also the leading market for art? The answer has to do not only with the talents of American artists or even the size of the American economy  but also--and especially--the skills and entrepreneurship of American art dealers. Their story has not been told...until now. Landscape with Figures is the first history of art dealing in the United States  following the profession from eighteenth-century portrait and picture salesmen in the colonies to the high-profile  jet-set gallery owners of today. Providing anecdotal and carefully researched biographies of the prominent dealers from more than two centuries of trade  author Malcolm Goldstein shows how magnanimous personalities and social networking helped to shape the way Americans have bought and valued art. These dealers range from Michael Paff  whose enthusiasm often overshadowed his expertise but nonetheless helped him sell faux Old Master paintings to major collectors in the early nineteenth century; to the imperious Joseph Duveen  dealer to magnates like Henry Clay Frick; to visionary Leo Castelli  who helped to usher in a revolution in modern art during the 1960s by showing such avant-garde artists as Jasper Johns  Robert Rauschenberg  and Andy Warhol. Goldstein also shows that the American art trade  while male-dominated  has been galvanized by female dealers  including the inimitable Edith Gregor Halpert  Peggy Guggenheim  and Mary Boone. Their fascinating stories unfold in the context of world art history  the rise of major art institutions like the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum  and the growing zeal of art collectors who would eventually pay millions for individual works of art. Unprecedented and critical to understanding todays art world  Landscape with Figures is a must for artists  art history students  and art lovers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647129509941,"sku":"ByrdShop_019513673X","price":23.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780195136739.jpg?v=1781688909","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/landscape-with-figures-a-history-of-art-dealing-in-the-united-states-9780195136739","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}