Andrew Lambirth

Up close and personal | 12 November 2008

Miró, Calder, Giacometti, Braque: Aimé Maeght and His Artists<br /> Royal Academy, until 2 January 2009

issue 15 November 2008

Miró, Calder, Giacometti, Braque: Aimé Maeght and His Artists
Royal Academy, until 2 January 2009

The role played by dealers in modern French art seems to exceed that of their English counterparts. Perhaps this is because the French were more bombastic and self-serving, but we remember the names of the great dealers such as Vollard or Durand-Ruel.

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