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Informationen zum Autor Foreword by Julian Radcliffe. Julian Radcliffe OBE is the chairman of the London-based Art LossRegister! an organisation that assists in art recovery around theworld. He has helped governments! private organisations and individualsreclaim works of art worth over $100 million. He has writtenextensively on the subject of art recovery and theft prevention. A collection of more than 200 of the world's most important missingmasterpieces - paintings, sculptures and artefacts. Julian Radcliffe,the head of the Art Loss Register, discusses these missing works. Zusammenfassung This is an overview of the booming business of art theft and a look atmore than 200 of the world's missing masterpieces - paintings!sculptures! and artefacts which have disappeared and are not likely tobe seen in public again. Filled with wonderful images! notesabout why the pieces are important and descriptions of thecircumstances in which the works were taken accompany eachpicture. The result is a fascinating look at the world of arttheft and the masterpieces that have been lost. Julian Radcliffe!the head of the Art Loss Register in London! has been the consultantadviser on this important project.
