Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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 (pages 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

Sub title

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

Summary

Recounts the activities of John Drewe, who manipulated struggling artist John Myatt and other unwitting accomplices to become prolific art forgers whose works Drewe successfully passed off as legitimate pieces

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

Target audience

adult

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