Solar Dance Van Gogh, Forgery, and the Eclipse of Certainty |
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| Author:
| Eksteins, Modris |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-28398-5 |
| Publication Date: | May 2014 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $32.00 |
Book Description:
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Art dealer Otto Wacker's 1932 sensational trial in Berlin for selling fake Van Goghs leads Eksteins to a unique narrative of a collapsing Weimar Germany, the rise of another misfit, Adolf Hitler, and the replacement of nineteenth-century certitude with twentieth-century doubt.
Art dealer Otto Wacker's 1932 sensational trial in Berlin for selling fake Van Goghs leads Eksteins to a unique narrative of a collapsing Weimar Germany, the rise of another misfit, Adolf Hitler, and the replacement of nineteenth-century certitude with twentieth-century doubt.