La Bonne de Chagall
- ISBN-10
- 2895975884
- ISBN-13
- 9782895975885
- Category
- Art thefts
- Pages
- 233
- Language
- French
- Published
- 2017-02
- Author
- Karen Olsen
Description
This novel, half-biography, half-thriller, takes place in 1994 when nearly a hundred watercolor works and lithographies from Marc Chagall are stolen. It is the story of how a newly-immigrated maid comes to the Chagall house in Vence fell in the trap of a crooked art dealer who made her believe that she would become rich and could escape her abusive husband. +++++++++++++ En 1994, le milieu des arts est secouE par ce qui deviendra bientOt « l'affaire Chagall, soit le vol d'une centaine de gouaches et de lithographies du maItre. Cette histoire fascinante commence lorsqu'IrEne MenskoI, une modeste bonne dEbarquEe A Paris dans l'espoir d'une vie meilleure, entre au service des Chagall et gagne peu A peu leur confiance quand elle s'installe avec eux dans leur villa, A Vence, oU l'artiste finira ses jours. Profitant de son accEs privilEgiE aux studios de Chagall, IrEne tombe dans le piEge d'un marchand de tableaux vEreux, qui lui fait miroiter la possibilitE d'Etre riche et libErEe d'un mari abusif. SEduite, et prise dans le dEdale inextricable de cette escroquerie, elle suivra son incroyable destin, dont la rEalitE dEpasse la fiction... Dans ce roman captivant, qui tient A la fois de la biographie et du thriller, Karen Olsen fait revivre une des plus surprenantes affaires de recels de tableaux du 20e siEcle.
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