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Making the Mummies Dance Inside The Metropolitan Museum Of Art

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Author: Hoving, Thomas
ISBN: 9780671880750

by Hoving, Thomas

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9780671880750
ISBN10:
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Format: Paperback
Copyright: 1994-02-15
Publisher: Touchstone
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A former Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art reveals his bold and brash life at its pinnacle: the clandestine deals which secured blockbuster exhibitions for the museum and made him a legend. Photos.

Author Biography

Thomas Hoving was a museum executive, consultant, and director for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is from New York City and received his B.A., M.F.A., and Ph.D. from Princeton University.

Introduction	p. 13
A Very Dangerous Place	p. 17
The Search Committee Calls	p. 26
Moving and Shaking	p. 44
Nervous in the Service	p. 54
The Curators	p. 68
High Society and the Revered Patrons	p. 83
The Big Stuff	p. 97
Toadying	p. 108
To Hell With the Critics	p. 124
"You'll Never See Their Likes Again"	p. 142
Harlem on My Mind	p. 164
I Need a Coup to Survive!	p. 181
Happy Birthday, Happy Fight	p. 205
Sweet Victory	p. 234
Truth, Not Art	p. 248
The Big "Kerfuffle"	p. 275
The "Hot Pot"	p. 307
High Roller	p. 341
Dictator of Taste	p. 369
King Tut	p. 401
The Final Bow	p. 415
Index	p. 430
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