Art Theft and the Case of the Stolen Turners

by Sandy Nairne

Book Overview

In 1994 two important paintings by J.M.W. Turner--then valued at twenty-four million pounds--were stolen from a German public gallery while on loan from Tate Britain. In this vivid, personal account, Sandy Nairne who was then Director of Programmes at the Tate and became centrally involved in the pursuit of the paintings and the negotiations for their return, retells this complex, 8-year, cloak-and-dagger story, which finally concluded in 2002...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861898517
• ISBN13: 9781861898517
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.8"