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The Gardner heist : the true story of the world's largest unsolved art theft / Ulrich Boser.

Title
The Gardner heist : the true story of the world's largest unsolved art theft / Ulrich Boser.
Author
Boser, Ulrich
Publication
New York, NY : Collins : Smithsonian Books, c2009.

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Description
260 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.); 24 cm.
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.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
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 : 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.
ISBN
  • 9780061451836 (acid-free paper)
  • 0061451835 (acid-free paper)
LCCN
^^2008038803
OCLC
  • 232977861
  • SCSB-10391148
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library