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Two Essays: Chief & Greed

Writer
Edmund Carpenter
Date
2005
Publisher
Persimmon Press
Format
Literary
ISBN
9781882903137
Genre
Art History
Description

A history of the iconoclastic banker, George Gustav Heye, and his collection of Native American artifacts.

“Few collectors loomed as large in life, or cast longer shadows after death, than George Here. Heir to an oil fortune, he treated those less privileged — or those less powerful — with confident condescension. For 85 years, he pursued an Edwardian life-style in food, travel, collecting.

From this came the Museum of the American Indian. As a collector, he didn’t distinguish between what he coveted and what others owned. He hired outstanding scholars to guide his collecting. None stayed. Even before his death, dealers took over. Between 60,000-91,000 objects ‘departed.’ These were not mere arrowheads.

Of all museums, surely the Heye museum was the worst, ever.”

Synopsis by Carpenter.

This is a donated publication and contains an inscription.

  1. Chief & Greed
 

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