Bibliograph

Provenance, how a con man and a forger rewrote the history of modern art, Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo

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Provenance, how a con man and a forger rewrote the history of modern art, Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-316) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Provenance

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

276819734

Responsibility statement

Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo

Review

"Provenance is the extraordinary narrative of one of the most far-reaching and elaborate deceptions in art history. Investigative reporters Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo brilliantly recount the tale of a great con man and unforgettable villain, John Drewe, and his sometimes unwitting accomplices ... The story stretches from London to Paris to New York, from tony Manhattan art galleries to the esteemed Giacometti and Dubuffet associations, to the archives at the Tate Gallery. This enormous swindle resulted in the introduction of at least two hundred forged paintings, some of them breathtakingly good and most of them selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars."--BOOK JACKET

Sub title

how a con man and a forger rewrote the history of modern art

Table Of Contents

"I want a nice Matisse" -- Canvas greed -- Art for sale -- Crossing the line -- Mibus wants his money back -- Self-made man -- Wreckers of civilization -- At the easel -- The fine art of provenance -- Full speed ahead -- After Giacometti -- A sinister message -- The bookworm -- The paper trail -- Falling off a log -- The bow tie -- Into the whirlwind -- Standing nude -- The pond man -- Myatt's blue period -- The chameleon -- A loaded briefcase -- The Auschwitz concert -- Extreme prudence -- We're not alone -- A slow burn -- The art squad -- The macaroni caper -- Nicked -- Aladdin's cave -- The fox -- Drewe descending -- South -- The trial

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