J.P. Morgan
Founder of J.P. Morgan & Co. and creator of U.S. Steel, power player J.P, Morgan was also a collector of art, and one who bought on a truly grand scale, purchasing paintings, drawings, objects d`art, books, and manuscripts. Here, author Louis Auchincloss, president of the Museum of the City of New York, provides both a detailed history of the growth of the Morgan collections and a frank examination of the quality of Morgan`s eye and the impulses behind his purchases.

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