The art forger : a novel
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Author
Published
Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2012.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
360 pages ; 22 cm.
Status
Hudson Regional Library - BOOK - Adult
F SHAPIRO
1 available
F SHAPIRO
1 available
Land O'Lakes Branch Library - BOOK - Adult
F SHAPIRO
1 available
F SHAPIRO
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Published
Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2012.
Edition
1st ed.
Street Date
1210
Language
English
Notes
Description
Almost twenty-five years after the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum’s infamous art heist—still the largest unsolved art theft in history—one of the stolen Degas paintings is delivered to the Boston studio of a young artist named Claire Roth. Claire, whose reputation has been tarnished by scandal and who now makes her living reproducing famous works of art for a popular online retailer, has entered into a Faustian bargain with Aiden Markel, a powerful gallery owner. She agrees 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 this long-missing masterpiece—the very one that had been hanging at the Gardner for one hundred years—may itself be a forgery. As Claire searches for the truth about the painting’s origins, she finds herself in a desperate race through a labyrinth of trapdoors, dead ends, and deceit, where secrets hidden since the late nineteenth century may be the only evidence that can save her from incrimination. Blending art history with passions of the heart, B. A. Shapiro allows us to smell the oil paint, see the brush strokes, feel the artist’s ambition and the collector’s fanaticism. As she explores the ingenious techniques of forgery and reimagines historical relationships, she reveals both the beauty of the artist’s vision and the ugliness the desire for great art can unleash. The Art Forger is a thrilling novel about seeing—and not seeing—the secrets that lie beneath the canvas.--dust jacket flap.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Shapiro, B. A. (2012). The art forger: a novel . Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Shapiro, Barbara A., 1951-. 2012. The Art Forger: A Novel. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Shapiro, Barbara A., 1951-. The Art Forger: A Novel Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2012.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Shapiro, Barbara A. The Art Forger: A Novel Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2012.
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