Download or read book From Manet to Manhattan written by Peter Watson and published by Random House (NY). This book was released on 1992 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A behind-the-scenes look at a century of high art and high-stakes commerce, fluently narrated and spiced with backstage gossip. This captivating history brings to life the connoisseurs and market makers, artists and swindlers who have shaped our tastes and driven the price of masterpieces into the stratosphere. Photographs, caricatures, and pictures of famous paintings.