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Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art

By Salisbury , Aly , Laney;Sujo

Book information

Publisher
Inc, Penguin Group USA
ISBN
9781101105009, 9780143117407, 1101105003
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
481 kB (492411 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
History;HISTORY--Modern--20th Century;HISTORY -- M

Description

The true story of one of the twentieth century's most audacious art frauds Filled with extraordinary characters and told at breakneck speed, Provenance reads like a well-plotted thriller. But this is most certainly not fiction. It is the astonishing narrative of one of the most far-reaching and elaborate cons in the history of art forgery. Stretching from London to Paris to New York, investigative reporters Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo recount the tale of infamous con man and unforgettable villain John Drewe and his accomplice, the affable artist John Myatt. Together they exploited the archives of British art institutions to irrevocably legitimize the hundreds of pieces they forged, many of which are still considered genuine and hang in prominent museums and private collections today.

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