Art Held Hostage
Subtitle: The Battle over the Barnes Collection
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: May 2003
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780393048896
First sentence: In his long lifetime (1872-1951), Albert Coombs Barnes made two fortunes: the first in marketing a preventive treatment for gonorrhea known as Argyrol, the second and greater one in amassing a remarkable art collection.