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AcknowledgmentsPrologue: Matisse and the Culture Generally1. Journalists: Recasting the Image of the Modern Artist2. Dealers: Paul Rosenberg and Matisse Fils3. Private Collectors: Museum-Going Millionaires with a Taste for France4. Museums I: Public Relations and the Semiprivate Museum5. Museums II: Private Relations and the Semipublic Museum6. Artists: Contending with the European Modernist Canon7. Critics: Clement Greenberg's Defense of Material PleasureEpilogue: Merchandising OptimismNotesBibliographyIndex Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
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