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Thomas Pearsall Field Hoving was an American museum executive and consultant, best known for serving as the Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His books primarily focus on art-related subjects, including art forgeries, Grant Wood, Andrew Wyeth, Tutankhamen, and the 12th-century walrus ivory crucifix known as the Bury St. Edmunds Cross. His memoir, Making the Mummies Dance, details his years at the Met.
The Biography of Grant Wood's American Masterpiece
2005
1999
1989
The Hunt for Big-Time Art Fakes
1996
1997
1981
Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1993
The Curator's Game
2005
1986
The Untold Story
1978
1978
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