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Otto Kahn - Art, Money, and Modern Time (Paperback, New edition)
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Otto Kahn - Art, Money, and Modern Time (Paperback, New edition)
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In the early decades of the twentieth century, almost everyone in
modern theater, literature, or film knew of Otto Kahn (1867-1934),
and those who read the financial press or followed the news from
Wall Street could scarcely have missed his name. A partner at one
of America's premier private banks, he played a leading role in
reorganizing the U.S. railroad system and supporting the Allied war
effort in World War I. The German-Jewish Kahn was also perhaps the
most influential patron of the arts the nation has ever seen: he
helped finance the Metropolitan Opera, brought the Ballets Russes
to America, and bankrolled such promising young talent as poet Hart
Crane, the Provincetown Players, and the editors of the Little
Review. This book is the full-scale biography Kahn has long
deserved. Theresa Collins chronicles Kahn's life and times and
reveals his singular place at the intersection of capitalism and
modernity. Drawing on research in private correspondence,
congressional testimony, and other sources, she paints a
fascinating portrait of the figure whose seemingly incongruous
identities as benefactor and banker inspired the New York Times to
dub him the ""Man of Velvet and Steel.""
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