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The ransom of Russian art / John McPhee

An account of an American professor's clandestine operation to smuggle thousands of works by unofficial dissident artists out of the Soviet Union between 1956 and 1986. The text explores his methods and the lives of the artists involved.

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Art patronage/Art and industry/Industries/Economics/Social sciences/Civilisation Art, Modern -- 20th century Dissident art/Art/Arts Political art/Art/Arts Soviet Union

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