Museum of the Missing
Subtitle: A History of Art Theft
By: [by] Simon Houpt; foreword by Julian Radcliffe, Chairman of the Art Loss Register, London
Contributors: Julian Radcliffe (Foreword)
Publisher: Sterling; Sterling Pub.
Published: October 28, 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781895892796
Subjects: Theft from museums; Nonfiction - True Crime / Espionage; Crime And Criminals; Fine Arts (Specific Aspects); True Crime; True Crime / Espionage; History - General; Other Miscellaneous Crimes; ART - ART GENERAL TRD HC; Art / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions; Art thieves; General; Art thefts
Description: 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 brilliantly 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. - Jacket.
Notes: "Produced by Madison Press Books".

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: label: Foreword by Julian Radcliffe
title: The Trade in Stolen Art
pagenum: 6; label: Introduction
pagenum: 10; label: Chapter One
title: Art as a Commodity
pagenum: 14; label: Chapter Two
title: Theft in a Time of War
pagenum: 30; label: Chapter Three
title: The Uncommon Criminal
pagenum: 70; label: Chapter Four
title: The Lost Art Detective Gallery
pagenum: 104; label: Chapter Five
title: The Space on the Wall
pagenum: 132; label: Appendix
title: Gallery of Missing Art
pagenum: 146; title: Picture Credits
pagenum: 178; title: Index
pagenum: 183; title: Selected Bibliograhy
pagenum: 190; title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: 191