Drawing on recently declassified government archives and information provided exclusively to him by the heirs of more than 200 collectors of great art, journalist Hector Feliciano tells the riveting story of how France's most magnificent private art collections were systematically looted by the Nazis and reveals what became of them. of photos.
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Drawing on recently declassified government archives and information provided exclusively to him by the heirs of more than 200 collectors of great art, journalist Hector Feliciano tells the riveting story of how France's most magnificent private art collections were systematically looted by the Nazis and reveals what became of them. of photos.
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Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Acceptable. Hardcover The item is fairly worn but still readable. Signs of wear include aesthetic issues such as scratches, worn covers, damaged binding. The item may have identifying markings on it or show other signs of previous use. May have page creases, creased spine, bent cover or markings inside. Packed with care, shipped promptly.
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Illustrated by B&W Plates. Very Good-in Very Good-dust jacket. 0465041949. DJ shows some shelf wear with creasing top and bottom edges, top fore corners and spine ends bumped.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 9.30 X 6.50 X 1.30 inches; 278 pages; "Between 1939 and 1944, as the Nazis overran Europe, they were also quietly conducting another type of pillage. The Lost Museum tells the story of the Jewish art collectors and gallery owners in France who were stripped of rare works by artists such as Vermeer, Rembrandt, Degas, Cézanne, and Picasso. Before they were through, the Nazis had taken more than 20, 000 paintings, sculptures, and drawings from France. The Lost Museum explores the Nazis' systematic confiscation of these artworks, focusing on the private collections of five families: Rothschild, Rosenberg, Bernheim-Jeune, David-Weill, and Schloss. The book is filled with private family photos of this art, some of which has never before been seen by the public, and it traces the fate of these works as they passed through the hands of top German officials, unscrupulous art dealers, and unwitting auction houses such as Christie's and Sotheby's."
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Very good in Very good jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. ix, [1], 278 p. Illustrations. Notes. Index. DJ has slight sticker residue at back. From Wikipedia: "Hector Feliciano (born 1952) is a Puerto Rican journalist and author whose book "The Lost Museum: The Nazi Conspiracy to Steal the World's Greatest Works of Art" has shed light on an estimated 20, 000 works of art plundered by the Nazis; each one is owned by a museum or a collector somewhere. Feliciano began the research for his book in 1989, using material from German looting inventories, documents that had been declassified and more than 200 interviews with art dealers, art historians and the surviving relatives of the families who were victimized. Five families whose stories would be the core of the book, the Rothschilds, the Rosenbergs, the Bernheim-Jeunes, the David-Weills and the Schlosses trusted him with their records and their memories and other families welcomed him. In 1997, Feliciano published his book: The Lost Museum: The Nazi Conspiracy to Steal the World's Greatest Works of Art. In his book he traces the art works looted as they passed through the hands of top German officials, unscrupulous art dealers, and unwitting auction houses such as Christie's and Sotheby's. The book points out also the role of Switzerland, whose legislation is very favourable to dishonest dealers and Russia, which categorically refuses to give back the stolen works of art found in Germany at the end of WW2 to their legitimate owners."
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