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"This is the first thorough investigation of the Brummer brothers' remarkable career as dealers in antiques, curiosities and modernism in Paris and New York over six decades (1906-1964). A dozen specialists aggregate their expertise to explore extant dealer records and museum archives, parse the wide-ranging Brummer stock, and assess how objects were sourced, marketed, labelled, restored, and displayed. The research provides insights into emerging collecting fields as they crystallised, at the crossroads between market and museum. It questions the trope of the tastemaker; the translocation of material culture, and the dealers' prolific relationships with illustrious collectors, curators, scholars, artists, and fellow dealers"--

Art dealers --- Art and society --- Art --- Social networks. --- History --- Private collections --- Brummer, Joseph --- Brummer, Ernest --- Brummer Gallery (New York, N.Y.) --- History. --- art dealers --- galleries [institutions] --- Brummer, Imre --- Paris --- New York City --- New York City [New York]