Title: When the sons of heaven meet the daughters of the earth : a novel /
Authors: Eberstadt, Fernanda, 1960-
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Painters Fiction.; Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations Fiction.; New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs Fiction.
Abstract: A young painter's Faustian road to fame, thanks to the generosity of one of America's art patrons. The artist is Isaac Hooker and his benefactor is Dolly Geblers, heiress to a pharmaceutical fortune who believes art can right the world. Matters start deteriorating when her generosity leads to sex and Hooker begins to wonder if he hasn't sold his soul. A look at the New York art world. By the author of Isaac and His Devils.