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Stolen : the gallery of missing masterpieces / Jonathan Webb, with the Art Loss Register ; introduction by Julian Radcliffe.

By: Webb, Jonathan Contributor(s): Radcliffe, Julian Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Wingfield, S. Aust : Cameron House, 2008Description: 255 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781741734867Subject(s): Art thefts | Masterpiece, Artistic | Art thefts | Masterpiece, ArtisticDDC classification: 364.162

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Summary: Thousands of artists' masterworks, their cultural significance beyond measure, have been stolen from public view. Each disappearance from museums around the world represents an incalculable loss - often a permanent one. Stolen is an art monograph like no other: a poignant, intriguing and visually splendid gallery of the missing. Two hundred of the world's most important stolen masterpieces - paintings, sculptures and other artifacts by artists such as Rembrandt, Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec and Picasso - are assembled here. The art is accompanied by fascinating essays that describe each work's significance and recount the riveting story of its theft.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
wnor- Book	Northam Northam Adult Nonfiction	364 .162 WEB (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		AL42000214124B

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Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 249-254.

Introduction / Julian Radcliffe -- The case of the missing Warhol -- Art crimes -- Tainted legacy -- The extinction of history -- The unbreakable art bubble -- A gallery of stolen art.

Thousands of artists' masterworks, their cultural significance beyond measure, have been stolen from public view. Each disappearance from museums around the world represents an incalculable loss - often a permanent one. Stolen is an art monograph like no other: a poignant, intriguing and visually splendid gallery of the missing. Two hundred of the world's most important stolen masterpieces - paintings, sculptures and other artifacts by artists such as Rembrandt, Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec and Picasso - are assembled here. The art is accompanied by fascinating essays that describe each work's significance and recount the riveting story of its theft.

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