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Lost, stolen or shredded : stories of missing works of art and literature
- Title
- Lost, stolen or shredded : stories of missing works of art and literature / Rick Gekoski.
- Author
- Gekoski, R. A.
- Publication
- London : Profile Books, 2013.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 15-2473 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xiv, 284 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- These are the stories behind some of the greatest losses to artistic culture, including some works which have never even existed. Read about the 'ghost story' of Joyce's poem 'Et Tu, Healy', written when he was nine, which then disappeared without a trace, as well as how a long-lost document led a desperate forger to plant bombs, and how the most extravagant book binding ever made sank with the Titanic. All of these losses raise greater questions about our relationship with art.
- Subjects
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1.Has Anyone Seen the Mona Lisa? -- 2.Possession and Dispossession in New Zealand: The Theft of the Urewera Mural -- 3.̀Half-Witted': Graham Sutherland's Portrait of Winston Churchill -- 4.A Ghost Story: James Joyce's Et Tu, Healy -- 5.Do It Yourself: The Oath of a Freeman -- 6.Auto da Fe: The Burning of the Memoirs of Lord Byron -- 7.A Matter of Life and Death: The Diaries of Philip Larkin -- 8.Deja Vu All Over Again: The Trial in Israel -- 9.The Archive of the Penetralium of Mystery -- 10.Death by Water: The Great Omar -- 11.Lost to the World: The Library of Guido Adler -- 12.Lumps of Coal: The Destruction of the Library at Herculaneum -- 13.So Many Vases: The Cradle of Civilisation -- 14.The Savaging of Africa: The Sacking of the Lost Kingdom of Benin -- 15.Born to Blush Unseen: The Lost Buildings of Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
- Call Number
- JFD 15-2473
- ISBN
- 9781846684913 (hbk.)
- 1846684919 (hbk.)
- OCLC
- 822960038
- Author
- Gekoski, R. A.
- Title
- Lost, stolen or shredded : stories of missing works of art and literature / Rick Gekoski.
- Publisher
- London : Profile Books, 2013.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Research Call Number
- JFD 15-2473