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Harry. Hahn The Rape of LaBelle.
Frank Glenn Publishing co. B00220CB6C Hardcover Good
B00220CB6C Hardcover, 1st edition, dust jacket was cut up in three vertical pieces and found inside of book, so included for information purposes only, 274 pages, black cloth boards, 1946 copyright, a gift dedication written on first page, with some bookseller's pencil marks on upper right side of page. Insides of front and back covers slightly wrinkled may be slight water damage since ink from dedication is slightly blurred, and has run into inside of front cover as well, where there is some light marking. Usually ships with delivery confirmation. Here is the summary from the remaining endflap: The cause celebre of La Belle Ferronnierre or The Lady In The Red Dress painted by Leonardo da Vinci was more than a gigantic art duel between two stubborn antagonists. The volume in your hands is packed with the sheer intrigue and dramatic suspense of a first class mystery thriller. Sir Joseph Duveen, bead of the international Art firm of Duveen Bros. Inc. staked his fabulous fortune and world wide reputation as well as the professional integrity of his hand picked clan of famous art experts on a tricky court defense that can well be termed the most shameful episode in the annals of 'big business in art.' In THE RAPE OF LA BELLE, Harry Hahn carries you step by step through an intricate maze of expert testimony. He carefully screens, then flails the methods, pretensions and professional competence of the Duveen clan of world famous art critics whose certificates attest the genuineness of hundreds of paintings in important public and private collections. Mr. Hahn has given to this important documentary work the fruits of years of research in the Archives of Europe. In the special field of the scientific examination of paintings he throws down the gauntlet in no uncertain manner to Bernard Berenson and his followers passing their expert testimony through a filter and a lens of inquiry that leaves little less than precipitate at the nether end. THE RAPE OF LA BELLE is a volume of a stature that the art world will find hard to forget.
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19.97 USD
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