Avery-Quash, Susanna and Christian Huemer
Reference : 119899
(2019)
ISBN : 9781606065952
Avery-Quash, Susanna and Christian Huemer: London and the Emergence of a European Art Market, 1780-1820. Los Angeles: 2019. 291 pages, illustrated in colour throughout. Paperback. 25 x 18cms. Extensive study of the historical, social and economical factors that established the primacy of the London art market after the French Revolution, arranged in three sections (on patterns, collections and dealers). With an analysis of commercial trends and international buying patterns and case studies on the changing roles of collectors and auctioneers. Processing new material from the Getty Provenance Index, the Lugt inventory, the archives of the National Gallery, Christie's, the Courtauld Institute, the V & A and the Bibliotheque Nationale.
Extensive study of the historical, social and economical factors that established the primacy of the London art market after the French Revolution, arranged in three sections (on patterns, collections and dealers). With an analysis of commercial trends and international buying patterns and case studies on the changing roles of collectors and auctioneers. Processing new material from the Getty Provenance Index, the Lugt inventory, the archives of the National Gallery, Christie's, the Courtauld Institute, the V & A and the Bibliotheque Nationale.