Book Review: Duveen

The NY Times has reviewed the new biography of art dealer extrordinaire Joseph Duveen:

More than six decades after his death, Duveen's saga remains unrivaled in the history of his trade. Meryle Secrest's new biography, "Duveen,'' recounts his life and career, which were largely identical, in remarkable fullness. He was by all accounts, but most of all by his own, larger than life and full of contradictions: an effete impresario you might say. Exquisite taste, a highly developed eye and an encyclopedic visual memory were joined in him with a drive for attention, money and control that verged on a kind of mania.