CSI meets Who Do You Think You Are? meets Time Team meets The
Antiques Roadshow. Two-dimensional works of art become
three-dimensional thrillers. Philip Mould is an international art
dealer who has lived the high stakes game of art sleuthing for
twenty years. In Sleuth, we encounter the fascinating dealers,
experts, auctioneers and restorers who risk fortunes and
reputations to turn overlooked artworks into coveted treasures.
Sleuth is laced with dramas: * Gainsborough's earliest picture
emerges in a Los Angeles saleroom - the author has three days to
find the missing facts and decide what to pay. * The most powerful
man in the art establishment, with the influence to elevate a copy
into a priceless original, is asked to look at a 'fake' Rembrandt
self portrait: if he says yes a GBP5,000 picture turns into GBP5
million masterpiece. * A Vermont professor unlocks the door of a
defunct Catholic church to reveal a hidden cache of 300 portraits.
* An auctioneer notices from the upper story of a bus that Damien
Hirst's restaurant is being dismantled. He swoops in and sells the
fixtures and fittings for GBP13 million. Sleuth is a series of
stories which not only reveals the extraordinary culture of
detection but the people behind it. Paintings and their discovery
become a way into the minds, preoccupations and professions of a
raft of influential figures beyond the commercial and museum facade
- men and women who have shaped their lives in pursuit of truth and
profit through art.
General
| Imprint: |
HarperCollinsPublishers
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
June 2011 |
| First published: |
June 2011 |
| Authors: |
Philip Mould
|
| Dimensions: |
197 x 130 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
| Pages: |
307 |
| Edition: |
Epub Edition |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-00-731915-2 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
The arts: general issues >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-00-731915-0 |
| Barcode: |
9780007319152 |
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