An Inspired Theft
by Ann Beattie
Jan 09, 2018
3 minutes
Good artists imitate; great artists steal. In our series Stolen, writers share stories of theft.
Long, long ago, in the faraway kingdom of Virginia, a tall, somewhat-handsome man came to town. He had a rather well-known art gallery for a time in New York City, though in those days the word had not yet been invented, so he was just thought of by name. This man had come with his daughter, an equestrian, to visit several artists who showed at his gallery. This was a time so distant that
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