It takes the average reader 4 hours and 57 minutes to read Art Held Hostage: The Battle over the Barnes Collection by John Anderson
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“Money, pretension, horrid behavior by cultured people” (New York) —John Anderson’s tale delivers it all in fabulously juicy detail. This is the story of how a fabled art foundation—the greatest collection of impressionist and postimpressionist art in America, including 69 Cézannes, 60 Matisses, and 44 Picassos, among many priceless others—came to be, and how more than a decade of legal squabbling brought it to the brink of collapse and to a move that many believe betrayed the wishes of the founder, Dr. Albert C. Barnes (1872—1951). Art Held Hostage is now updated with a new epilogue by the...
Art Held Hostage: The Battle over the Barnes Collection by John Anderson is 288 pages long, and a total of 74,304 words.
This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 46 minutes to read Art Held Hostage: The Battle over the Barnes Collection aloud.
Art Held Hostage: The Battle over the Barnes Collection is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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