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René Gimpel’s ‘Diary of an Art Dealer’
09/2015 | 1350 | 157
Pages: 615-619
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Author:
Kostyrko, Diana J (Kostyrko, Diana J)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Gimpel, René
dates:
1960-1969 / 1910-1919 / 1920-1929 / 1930-1939
private galleries:
Gimpel Fils, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Art dealers / Diaries / French / Taste (aesthetics) / Biographies / Critical Reception / Collections, Private / Collections, Public / American (United States of America)
subjects:
World War (1914-1918) / World War (1939-1945)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
26. Protection des vitrines contre les bombardements. Ecole Pigier, rue de Rivoli, by Jacques Boyer. 1918 (Roger-Viollet, Paris)
Attributed works:
27. La Jeune polonaise de Montparnasse, by Chaim Soutine. c.1929 (Private collection; photograph courtesy Sotheby's)
Western art unattributed:
25. The interior of René Gimpel's house in rue Spontini, Paris. c.1924 (Courtesy © Gimpel Family Archive)
Western art unattributed:
28. Cover of Diary of an Art Dealer, 1992 edition, with a portrait of René Gimpel. c.1924 (Courtesy Random House)