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Museum of the missing : a history of art theft / Simon Houpt

By:

Houpt, Simon

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York, NY : Sterling Publishing , 2006Description: 192 p. : illus. ; 27 cmISBN:

9781402728297

Uniform titles:

Toller Cranston Collection

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

REF 364.162 HOU

Contents:

Summary: When a painting goes missing, we all lose a piece of our common heritage. Museum of the Missing offers readers a rare glimpse of the greatest gallery that never was. Simon Houpt recounts the story of its valuable holdings and investigates some of the men and women involved in the thefts. Filled with beautiful paintings and rarely seen photographs, this intriguing book is also a recognition of the ingenious few who are trying to get these treasures back

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	Consulta / Referencia	REF 364.162 HOU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		000595

Foreword / Julian Radcliffe -- Introduction -- ch. 1. Art as a commodity -- ch. 2. Theft in a time of war -- ch. 3. The uncommon criminal -- ch. 4. The lost art detective agency -- ch. 5. The space on the wall -- Appendix : Gallery of missing art -- Picture credits -- Index -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgments.

When a painting goes missing, we all lose a piece of our common heritage. Museum of the Missing offers readers a rare glimpse of the greatest gallery that never was. Simon Houpt recounts the story of its valuable holdings and investigates some of the men and women involved in the thefts. Filled with beautiful paintings and rarely seen photographs, this intriguing book is also a recognition of the ingenious few who are trying to get these treasures back

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