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Playing darts with a Rembrandt : public and private rights in cultural treasures / Joseph L. Sax ; with a foreword by Lee Bollinger.
1999
N 637 SAX.P
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Title
Playing darts with a Rembrandt : public and private rights in cultural treasures / Joseph L. Sax ; with a foreword by Lee Bollinger.
Description
xiv, 245 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN
0472110446 alk. paper
9780472110445 alk. paper
9780472087846
0472087843
9780472110445 alk. paper
9780472087846
0472087843
Alternate Call Number
N 637 SAX.P
Summary
"Some of the world's greatest treasures are hidden away and haven't been seen publicly for decades, sometimes for centuries. Others have been destroyed. They are not stolen property. They are simply private property, and no matter their public significance, the public has no claims on them. A capricious owner of Leonardo da Vinci's notebook would be perfectly within his rights to throw it in the fireplace, as James Joyce's grandson did with letters from the author's daughter, or Warren Harding's widow did with her husband's Teapot Dome papers. This is a book about such rights and why they are wrong."
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-233) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
The Diego Rivera mural
Artists' rights and public rights
The bonfires of loyalty and the flames of ambivalence
Our architectural heritage
Collectors: private vices, public benefits
Presidential papers
Papers of Supreme Court justices
Access to library and museum collections
Heirs, biographers, and scholars
An academic scandal par excellence: the Dead Sea Scrolls
The privatization of scholarly research
Antiquities business.
Artists' rights and public rights
The bonfires of loyalty and the flames of ambivalence
Our architectural heritage
Collectors: private vices, public benefits
Presidential papers
Papers of Supreme Court justices
Access to library and museum collections
Heirs, biographers, and scholars
An academic scandal par excellence: the Dead Sea Scrolls
The privatization of scholarly research
Antiquities business.
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Published
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c1999.
Language
English
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Review
"Some of the world's greatest treasures are hidden away and haven't been seen publicly for decades, sometimes for centuries. Others have been destroyed. They are not stolen property. They are simply private property, and no matter their public significance, the public has no claims on them. A capricious owner of Leonardo da Vinci's notebook would be perfectly within his rights to throw it in the fireplace, as James Joyce's grandson did with letters from the author's daughter, or Warren Harding's widow did with her husband's Teapot Dome papers. This is a book about such rights and why they are wrong."