Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. A Note on the Text xiv
5. Foreword xv
6. I Sketches for a Portrait 1
7. II Varvara Khludova 13
8. III Mikhail Morozov 30
9. IV ‘A Russian Rough Diamond, Polished by Civilization’ 44
10. V To Moscow! To Prechistenka! 69
11. VI Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur 87
12. VII ‘Cézanne Season’ 97
13. VIII ‘A Russian Who Doesn’t Haggle?’ 104
14. IX Cupid and Psyche 113
15. X Maurice Denis, or the French Occupy Moscow 124
16. XI Th e Mediterranean–Moroccan Suite 133
17. XII A Place in History 146
18. XIII Elusive Manet 162
19. XIV Last Acquisitions 171
20. XV Citizen Morozov 176
21. XVI Emigration 191
22. XVII The Palace on Kropotkin Street 202
23. XVIII The End of the Museum 218
24. Endnotes 228
25. Select Bibliography 247
26. Acknowledgements 251
27. Index 253