{"product_id":"breakfast-at-sothebys-by-philip-hook-9780718192457","title":"Breakfast at Sotheby's","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBreakfast at Sotheby's\u003c\/em\u003e offers an entire art education contained in under 350 pages. Wry, dry, and completely beguiling, as noted by the \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e in their Books of the Year 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFascinating and highly subjective, this book is built on Philip Hook's thirty-five years of experience in the art market. It explores the artist and his hinterland, covering topics such as -isms, middle-brow artists, Gericault, and suicides. It delves into subject and style, from abstract art and banality through surrealism and war. The book also examines 'wall-power', provenance, and market weather.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eComic, revealing, piquant, splendid, and absurd, \u003cem\u003eBreakfast at Sotheby's\u003c\/em\u003e is a book of pleasure and intelligent observation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47616446693612,"sku":"9780718192457","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780718192457-breakfast-at-sotheby-s.jpg?v=1778459115","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/breakfast-at-sothebys-by-philip-hook-9780718192457","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}