Stealing Van Gogh: The Russian Collection, Soviet Confiscation, and American Reception of Night Cafe

by Robert C. Williams

Book Overview

On the surface, the transaction was quite ordinary, In 1961, Yale University accepted Vincent Van Gogh's famous painting Night Caf and twenty-two other pictures as a bequest from Stephen Clark, wealthy heir to the Singer Manufacturing Company fortune and Yale alumnus. How the painting arrived at this point and what has taken place since is a fascinating and enlightening tale that stretches over all or parts of three centuries. The story of Night...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1515257916
• ISBN13: 9781515257912
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"