Provenance : how a con man and a forger rewrote the history of modern art / Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo.
By: Salisbury, Laney.
Contributor(s): Sujo, Aly.
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BookPublisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2009Description: xv, 327 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781594202209 (trade); 1594202206.Subject(s): Myatt, John, 1945- | Art forgers -- England | Drewe, John, 1948- | Impostors and imposture -- England | Myatt, John, 1945- | Forgery -- England | Drewe, John, 1948- | Impostors and imposture -- EnglandDDC classification: 364.16/3 Summary: Provides an account of the art forgery scheme perpetrated by John Drewe and artist John Myatt in the late twentieth century, explaining how Drewe was able to establish provenance for the paintings done by Myatt, who did not realize initially that Drewe was passing his work off as real, and discussing the repercussions of the fraud on the art world.
Provides an account of the art forgery scheme perpetrated by John Drewe and artist John Myatt in the late twentieth century, explaining how Drewe was able to establish provenance for the paintings done by Myatt, who did not realize initially that Drewe was passing his work off as real, and discussing the repercussions of the fraud on the art world.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-316) and index.
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