Almost Gone, Only 3 Left!
Book Overview
Almost twenty-five years after the infamous art heist at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum--still the largest unsolved art theft in history--one of the stolen Degas paintings is delivered to the Boston studio of a young artist. Claire Roth has entered into a Faustian bargain with a powerful gallery owner by agreeing to forge the Degas in exchange for a one-woman show in his renowned gallery. But as she begins her work, she starts to suspect that...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1616203161
ISBN13:9781616203160
Release Date:May 2013
Publisher:Algonquin Books
Length:384 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 5.5" x 7.6"
Customer Reviews
1 rating
The art of forging
Published by CSalmon , 2 months ago
This book has received many mixed reviews. I am a novice painter and I really enjoyed hearing about the forging techniques and the history of forging great works of art. I also enjoyed the historical interactions between Isabelle and Degas. I could have done without Claire's romantic intanglements but enjoyed hearing about her creative processes. The mystery was a good addition and added tension.