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Book SynopsisThis 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.
Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Contributors Introduction Christel H. Force, Yaëlle Biro and Christine E. Brennan 1 The Brummer Galleries: A Chronology Christel H. Force Part 1: A Family Affair—The Brummers and Art Dealing in Paris, 1906–1914 2 Innate Taste or Construction of the Gaze: Joseph Brummer and the Promotion of the African Object as Art Yaëlle Biro 3 Picassos at ‘Brummer Frères—Curiosités’ and Beyond: From Frank Burty Haviland’s Collection to John Quinn’s Christel H. Force Part 2: From Paris to New York—A Gallery in Transition, 1914– 4 Joseph Brummer and the Flourishing of Byzantine Art History Elizabeth Dospěl Williams 5 Pioneers or Followers? The Brummer Brothers and Egyptian Art, 1910–1922 Tom Hardwick 6 Curiosités at Brummers Julie Jones Part 3: New York—The Triumphant Years 7 The Brummer Gallery and Medieval Art in America, 1914–1947 Christine E. Brennan 8 The Brummer Gallery and the Conservation of Medieval Sculptures in the Early Decades of the Twentieth Century Lucretia Kargère 9 Joseph Brummer, the Met, and Classical Antiquities in the United States Maya Muratov 10 The Brummer Gallery and the Making of Iranian and Islamic Arts Anne Dunn-Vaturi and Martina Rugiadi Part 4: Direct Witnesses Appendix A Interview with John Laszlo Appendix B Interview with Richard S. Brummer (1924–2022) Appendix C Curatorial Reflections on the Brummer Gallery, Joseph, Ernest, and Ella Baché Brummer William D. Wixom Index
