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Article: Duveen: a Life in Art: Meryle Secrest's biography of Joseph Duveen lamentably pulls its punches.(Book Review)
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- January 1, 2005
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Meryle Secrest Alfred A. Knopf, New York $35.00
ISBN 0 375 41042 2
A biography of the art dealer Sir Joseph Duveen, a man 'as predatory as any of the big carnivores of the jungle', a visit from whom was 'like drinking champagne', ought to be a real treat. A millionaire, with galleries in London, Paris and New York, he was created Lord Duveen of Millbank in 1933. Ruthless, infuriating, tactless, devious, generous and fun, he inspired loyalty and hatred in equal parts; he won clients as guarded and wary as Calouste Gulbenkian and Andrew Mellon, retained the same close team around him all his life, and was adored by his only child, yet he ruthlessly ousted ...
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Article: Obituary: Doris Duveen McCulley Hanney
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);
January 2, 2005 ;
459 words
... ... grandmother, and great-grandmother, Doris Duveen McCulley Hanney returned to her Heavenly ... She was the youngest of 12 children. Duveen was active in the Church of Jesus Christ ... grandchildren, and 15 great- grandchildren. Duveen was a dedicated wife, mother, grandmother ...
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