Giving and Receiving: Memoirs of an Immigrant Curator and Philanthropist - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Rodin BooksISBN-13:9781957588384ISBN-10:1957588381UPC:9781957588384Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, ArtBook Subcategory:Women, Memoirs, Art & PoliticsSize:9.14 x 6.07 x 1.19 inchesWeight:1.702Product ID:SCQ9S67W6X
Giving and Receiving: Memoirs of an Immigrant Curator and Philanthropist
A riveting memoir of escape from communist authoritarianism to a life in the arts in America. "There was no freedom here, no security, very little opportunity, and altogether too much corruption..." Marica Vilcek was just twelve years old when the Communists took over her country. Her prospects were curtailed, as a result, and when her brother vanished, apparently escaping to Western Europe, her...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Rodin BooksISBN-13:9781957588384ISBN-10:1957588381UPC:9781957588384Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, ArtBook Subcategory:Women, Memoirs, Art & PoliticsSize:9.14 x 6.07 x 1.19 inchesWeight:1.702Product ID:SCQ9S67W6X
Marica Vilcek worked as a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for thirty years and is currently an Honorary Trustee of the Museum, as well as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the NYU Institute of Fine Arts. She is co-founder, with Jan Vilcek, of the Vilcek Foundation. Justin Spring is an award-winning biographer, curator, art historian, and writer on twentieth century American art and...
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