Details
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Title
The Art Prophets: The Artists, Dealers, and Tastemakers Who Shook the Art World
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Author
Polsky, Richard
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Binding
Hardcover
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Condition
New
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Pages
272
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Volumes
1
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Language
ENG
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Publisher
Other Press
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Date
2011-10-25
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Illustrated
Yes
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Features
Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
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Bookseller's Inventory #
Q-1590514068
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ISBN
9781590514061 / 1590514068
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Weight
0.93 lbs (0.42 kg)
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Dimensions
8.81 x 5.8 x 1.08 in (22.38 x 14.73 x 2.74 cm)
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Library of Congress subjects
Art - United States - Marketing, Art - Forecasting
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Library of Congress Catalog Number
2011013296
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Dewey Decimal Code
709.22
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From the publisher
Richard Polsky is the author of I Sold Andy Warhol (Too Soon), I Bought Andy Warhol, and The Art Market Guide (1995–1998). He began his professional career in the art world thirty-two years ago and in 1984 founded Acme Art, where he showed the work of such artists as Joseph Cornell, Ed Ruscha, Andy Warhol, and Bill Traylor. Since 1989 he has been a private dealer specializing in works by postwar artists, with an emphasis on Pop Art. He lives in Sausalito, California.
Excerpt
The evening was billed as “Ivan Karp Live in Los Angeles.” Not since Irving Blum’s Ferus Gallery first exhibited Andy Warhol’s original Soup Can paintings in 1962 had the spirit of Warhol returned to L.A. Twenty-five years later, here was the man who discovered Warhol—a dealer who rarely traveled above Fourteenth Street in Manhattan, let alone cross-country — about to descend on the art scene New York viewed with contempt as its lightweight counterpart. Great things were expected: revelations about the art world, never heard before anecdotes about Pop Art, secret histories of the period’s key figures.
Jack Glenn had labored overtime to promote Karp’s visit, taking out ads in art magazines and working the phones to drum up a crowd. Now Glenn stood there, beaming at a space packed with artists, dealers, and collectors hoping to see the celebrated figure who had literally altered the course of art history by spotting the Pop Art zeitgeist. Though Karp was only in his late fifties at the time, he had already been credited with identifying a second important art movement—Photorealism. Would tonight be the night that he revealed a third?
Media reviews
“[An] entertaining book of essays… Polsky’s inside information and chatty tone make for a stimulating read.” —Artinfo.com
“[The Art Prophets is] an honor for every prophet profiled, and a surprising, smart read for creative aficionados, or anyone interested in art’s future and the icons who paved the way.” —Royal Young, InterviewMagazine.com
“Clear, concise and energized by the author’s fiery passion for his subject.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Part art history, part character study and biography, this wonderful book about the business of art reads like a runaway horse. You don’t dare jump off! Hang on and enjoy every page.”— Sophy Burnham, author of The Art Crowd
“…A highly readable and fascinating look at the last 50-plus years of art history, rendered concisely in a few hundred pages.” –Carol Inkellis, Pacific Sun
Citations
- Kirkus Reviews, 08/15/2011, Page 0
- Publishers Weekly, 08/29/2011, Page 0
- Shelf Awareness, 11/08/2011, Page 0
About the author
Richard Polsky is the author of I Sold Andy Warhol (Too Soon), I Bought Andy Warhol, and The Art Market Guide (1995-1998). He began his professional career in the art world thirty-two years ago and in 1984 founded Acme Art, where he showed the work of such artists as Joseph Cornell, Ed Ruscha, Andy Warhol, and Bill Traylor. Since 1989 he has been a private dealer specializing in works by postwar artists, with an emphasis on Pop Art. He lives in Sausalito, California.