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Provenance: Further Reading and Selected Resources

Further Reading

Brodie, Nicholas, et al., eds. Illicit Antiquities: The Destruction of the World’s Archaeological Heritage. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 2001.

Edsel, Robert M. The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History. New York: Center Street, 2009.

Feigenbaum, Gail, and Inge Reist, eds. Provenance: An Alternate History of Art. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2012.

Mackenzie, Simon, Neil Brodie, and Donna Yates, eds. Trafficking Culture: New Directions in Researching the Global Market in Illicit Antiquities. New York: Routledge, 2020.

Milosch, Jane C., and Nicholas Pearce, eds. Collecting and Provenance: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2019.

Nicholas, Lynn H. The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe’s Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War. New York: Knopf, 1994.

Simpson, Elizabeth. The Spoils of War. New York: H. N. Abrams in association with the Bard Graduate Center, 1997.

Yeide, Nancy, et al. AAM Guide to Provenance Research. Washington, D.C.: American Association of Museums, 2001.

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