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Recollections of a Picture Dealer Reprint of Designs of ChineseCelebrity, art merchant, socialite, publisher, and writer, Ambroise Vollard (18671939) was one of the most extraordinary figures in 20th century art. He possessed an uncanny ability to recognize genius in painters dozens of important artists received valuable commissions and gallery space with his help, and his galleries presented the first one man shows for such luminaries as Matisse, Czanne, and Picasso. Vollard's warmth, candor, and intelligence