The Gardner Heist
The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft
New York : Harper, 2010.
Format: Book
Edition: First Harper paperback published 2010.
Description: 260 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
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.
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.
Subjects:
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
Art thefts -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
Theft from museums -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
Art thefts -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
Theft from museums -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
ISBN:
9780061451843
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SOCIAL SCI Crime Nonviolent Bos | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/29/2024) |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-243) and index.