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Double vision : the unerring eye of art world avatars Dominique and John de Menil

by William Middleton

This biography of Dominique and John de Menil traces their lives from France to Houston, detailing how they amassed a collection of over 17,000 artworks and influenced the twentieth-century art world and civil rights movement.

Accession 16880 ISBN 9780375415432 Publisher Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
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