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The art detective: fakes, frauds, and finds and the search for lost treasures

By Philip , Mould

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Group US;Viking
Year
2010
ISBN
9781101434475, 1101434473, 9781101434802, 1101434805
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
263 kB (268877 bytes)
Pages
261 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illust
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Art--Expertising;Anecdotes;Art -- Expertising -- A

Description

The supremely telegenic star of the original Antiques Roadshow dishes up his best tales of uncovering lost masterpieces and unmasking fakes. How can you tell a masterpiece from a piece of junk? Philip Mould has been so successful at discovering buried treasures that he's affectionately known as "the art detective." Now, at last, he has decided to let the eleven million fans of Antiques Roadshow in on his secrets. Each chapter revolves around a particular painting and the people who helped unmask its creator's identity-from an ingeniously forged Norman Rockwell (good enough to fool the Rockwell Museum) to a Winslow Homer found in a dump. Witty and compulsively readable, The Art Detective is memoir, art history, and brilliant storytelling all rolled into one.

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