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Foreign currency volatility and the market for French modernist art / by David M. Challis.

Author/creator Challis, David M.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoLeiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Descriptionxii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Series Studies in the history of collecting & art markets, 2352-0485 ; volume 12
Contents Economic Disruption and the Monetisation of French Collections -- Samuel Courtauld as Private Collector and Public Donor -- Albert Barnes as Currency Opportunist and 'Visionary Art Educator' -- Kojiro Matsukata and the Economics of Rodin in Japan -- Institutional Inertia and the National Gallery of Victoria in Australia -- Assis Chateaubriand at the Museu de São Paulo and the Turn Toward Brazilian Modernism.
Abstract "Foreign Currency Volatility and the Market for French Modernist Art examines how the collapse of the French franc in the decades following the First World War activated powerful 'push' and 'pull' economic forces that compelled French art collectors to monetise their collections while simultaneously elevating the purchasing power of international art collectors. These factors are shown to have played a significant, and previously under-recognised role, in the large-scale translocation of French modernist art that radically accelerated its commercial and critical reception across the globe and positioned it at the apex of the newly established hierarchy of modern art"-- Provided by publisher.
General noteBased on the author's dissertation (Ph.D.)--University of Melbourne, 2018, under the title: Moving mountains : interwar collecting of French modernist art and the economics of translocation.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 241-254) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2021028845
ISBN9789004468245 (hardback)
ISBN(ebook)

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