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The capitalist and the critic : J. P. Morgan, Roger Fry, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The capitalist and the critic : J. P. Morgan, Roger Fry, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art

by Charles Molesworth

This study examines the relationship between J.P. Morgan and Roger Fry during the growth of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the early twentieth century. It analyses the tensions between commerce and art history that helped shape the modern encyclopaedic museum.

Accession 11552 ISBN 9781477308400 Publisher University of Texas Press
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