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Lost Art

Missing Artworks of the Twentieth Century
- Tate
- by Jennifer Mundy
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Publisher | Tate |
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ISBN | 9781849761406 |
Author(s) | Jennifer Mundy |
Publication date | October 2013 |
Edition | Hardback |
Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
Illustrations | 70 col.ill. |
Pages | 288 |
Language(s) | Eng. ed. |
Description
Many assume that modern works of art are easily preserved; that their whereabouts can be readily established thanks to sophisticated documentation systems; and that in general they are not subject to loss or destruction. But many important works have disappeared over the last century in a variety of ways including war, theft, natural catastrophe and carelessness. Loss itself and elements of transience have also been major themes within modern and contemporary art.
Grouped into ten sections - Discarded, Missing, Rejected, Attacked, Destroyed, Erased, Ephemeral, Transient, Unrealised and Stolen - this unique survey includes forty case studies looking at the stories behind lost and destroyed works of art.

Lost Art