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The Gardner heist : a true story of the world's largest unsolved art theft Ulrich Boser
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Staff Reference LANDAU N 8795.3 .M4 B67 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boser, Ulrich.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art thefts--Massachusetts--Boston.
- Art thefts.
- Theft from museums--Massachusetts--Boston.
- Theft from museums.
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
- Massachusetts--Boston.
- Physical Description:
- 260 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Smithsonian Books/HarperCollins, c2009.
- Summary:
- "One museum, two thieves, and the Boston underworld--the story behind the lost Gardner masterpieces worth $500 million and the art detective who swore to get them back."--Cover.
- Contents:
- The storm on the sea of Galilee : a disturbance in the courtyard
- Chez Tortoni : the art detective
- A lady and gentlemen in black : it was a passion
- The concert : the picture habit
- Cortege aux environs de Florence : the art of the theft
- Landscape with an obelisk : something that big
- Ku : unfinished business
- Three mounted jockeys : infiltrate and infatuate
- Self-portrait : I was the one
- Program for an artistic soiree I : any news on your side
- Program for an artistic soiree II : where's Whitey?
- La sortie de pesage : put my picture on the cover
- Finial : like a spiderweb.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [225-243]) and index.
- Local Notes:
- The Landau-Savedoff Memorial Reference Collection on Cultural and Heritage Purloinment.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Boser, Ulrich. Gardner heist.
- ISBN:
- 9780061451836
- 0061451835
- OCLC:
- 232977861
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