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

Name: Provenance How a con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art
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ISBN: 9780143117407

ISBN-10: 0143117408

ISBN-13: 9780143117407

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Authors: Laney Salisbury, Aly Sujo

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Investigative reporters Salisbury and Sujo presents a tautly paced investigation of one of the 20th century's most audacious art frauds, which generated hundreds of forgeries--many of them still hanging in prominent museums and private collections today.

Book details

List price: $20.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/25/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.43" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Dramatis Personae


Prologue



"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


Epilogue


Authors' Note


Acknowledgments


Bibliography


Index