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2009

Format:	Book
Author:	Gross, Michael, 1952-
Title:	Rogues' gallery : the secret history of the moguls and the money that made the Metropolitan Museum / Michael Gross.
Edition:	1st ed.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Broadway Books, ©2009.
Description:	xii, 545 pages ; 24 cm
Summary:	Filled with the juicy details of the lives of the powerful players who made the Metropolitan Museum of Art what it is today, "Rogue's Gallery" delivers the unauthorized history of America's wealthiest and arguably the world's greatest art museum.
Subjects:	Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) -- History. Art -- Collectors and collecting -- United States -- Biography.
Genre:	Biographies.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 523-528) and index.
Contents:	Archaeologist: Luigi Palma di Cesnola, 1870-1904 -- Capitalist: J. Pierpont Morgan, 1904-1912 -- Philanthropist: John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1912-1938 -- Catalyst: Robert Moses, 1938-1960 -- Exhibitionist: Thomas P.F. Hoving, 1959-1977 -- Arrivistes: Jane and Annette Engelhard, 1974-2009.
Web Site:	Contributor biographical information Publisher description
LCCN:	2008041480
ISBN:	9780767924894 0767924894 9780767924887 0767924886
Other Number:	244417339
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Control Number:	925042
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Call Number:	708.147 Gross

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