The back of the painting : secrets and stories from art conservation By Linda Waters

The seal of the Prince of Yugoslavia, the icon that protected persecuted Russians, Monet’s repurposed canvas, the excised first wife, the stolen Tissot . . . all these stories can be found on the backs of paintings in New Zealand art museums.

This fascinating book by three painting conservators explores the backs of thirty-three paintings, ranging from fourteenth-century artworks to the present day and held in the collections of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki and the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. The back of the painting : secrets and stories from art conservation

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Wonderful, informative and most interesting, from three of NZ's top art curators! 247