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

How a con man and a forger rewrote the history of modern art (portion title)

Salisbury, Laney. (Author). Sujo, Aly. (Added Author).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780143117407
ISBN: 0143117408
Physical Description: xvii, 327 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2010.
Copyright: ©2009

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published in the U.S.: New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-316) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	"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.