Examines the activities of some of the prominent men in the world of art who chose to cooperate and collaborate with the Nazi regime; and argues that a network of these experts, rehabilitated after the war, is a key to the looted artworks still unaccounted for at the end of the twentieth century.
Recounts the history of the Ephrussis family during the tumultuous events of the twentieth century, intertwined with the story behind a collection of netsuke that was smuggled away by a loyal maid when family members were imprisoned or scattered and their books are art were confiscated by Nazis.
Presents the more than 240 works from the collection of Leonard Andrews. These works center around one model, Helga Testorf, a neighbor in Chadds Ford, that Wyeth worked on in virtual secrecy for a a decade and a half.
