{"product_id":"woman-with-fifty-faces-hc-maria-lani-the-greatest-art-heist-that-never-was-mr","title":"WOMAN WITH FIFTY FACES HC MARIA LANI \u0026 THE GREATEST ART HEIST THAT NEVER WAS (MR)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSPECIAL ORDER ITEM\u003c\/strong\u003e — This item is not stocked in our store. It is ordered in from our distributor after you purchase it, and additional shipping is required.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn April 7, 1928, Maria Lani blew into Paris claiming to be a famous German actress and proceeded to seduce the cultural elite with her undeniable charisma and strangely enticing enigmatic aura. She persuaded fifty artists —Pierre Bonnard, Marc Chagall, André Derain, Henri Matisse, Georges-Henri Rouault, Fernand Léger and Suzanne Valadon among them— to immortalize her in paintings and sculptures, which would appear as an important plot device in a forthcoming film. Unveiled as an exhibition in New York, the art works traveled to Chicago, London, Berlin, Rotterdam, and Paris. But, in 1931, as legend eventually had it, she and her husband Max Abramowicz vanished without a trace, and so did the art. The film was never made.The Woman With Fifty Faces is about uncovering as much of the truth about Maria Lani as possible. The images that cascade through the book are stunningly beautiful, deepl\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(W) Jonathan Lackman (A\/CA) Zachary J. Pinson\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/runeworkscomics.myshopify.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/902f9e0b-9bf0-48b2-a5cd-5ebcf07e6b94_4f0ce7c1-dad6-4447-b796-a88faeebe946.png?v=1773693174\u0026amp;width=750\"\u003e","brand":"Lunar \/ Universal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54366525817200,"sku":"0425FB530","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/2318\/6800\/files\/0425FB530.jpg?v=1790310001","url":"https:\/\/runeworkscomics.com\/products\/woman-with-fifty-faces-hc-maria-lani-the-greatest-art-heist-that-never-was-mr","provider":"RUNE WORKS COMICS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}