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A tautly paced analysis of one the 20th century's most audacious skill frauds, which made hundreds of forgeries-many of them still clinging in prominent museums and private series today
Provenance is the remarkable narrative of one of the very most far-reaching and complex deceptions in skill record. Investigative reporters Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo brilliantly recount the tale of an great con man and unforgettable villain, John Drewe, and his sometimes unwitting accomplices.
Chief among those was the struggling musician John Myatt, a prone single father who was simply manipulated by Drewe into becoming a prolific skill forger. Once Myatt experienced painted the items, the real fraud began. Drewe were able to infiltrate the archives of top of the echelons of the British art world to be able to fake the provenance of Myatt's forged items, expecting to irrevocably legitimize the fakes while effectively rewriting skill history.
The storyline stretches from London to Paris to New York, from tony Manhattan free galleries to the esteemed Giacometti and Dubuffet associations, to the archives at the Tate Gallery. This substantial swindle resulted in the benefits of at least two hundred forged paintings, some of them breathtakingly good and the majority of them retailing for thousands of dollars. Several fakes are still out in the globe, considered genuine and hung prominently in private residences, large galleries, and esteemed museums. Plus the sacred archives, undermined by John Drewe, continue to be tainted even today.
Provenance reads just like a well-plotted thriller, filled with unforgettable people and told at a breakneck tempo. But this is most certainly not fiction; Provenance is the meticulously investigated and captivating account of one of the greatest cons in the annals of skill forgery.
Provenance is the remarkable narrative of one of the very most far-reaching and complex deceptions in skill record. Investigative reporters Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo brilliantly recount the tale of an great con man and unforgettable villain, John Drewe, and his sometimes unwitting accomplices.
Chief among those was the struggling musician John Myatt, a prone single father who was simply manipulated by Drewe into becoming a prolific skill forger. Once Myatt experienced painted the items, the real fraud began. Drewe were able to infiltrate the archives of top of the echelons of the British art world to be able to fake the provenance of Myatt's forged items, expecting to irrevocably legitimize the fakes while effectively rewriting skill history.
The storyline stretches from London to Paris to New York, from tony Manhattan free galleries to the esteemed Giacometti and Dubuffet associations, to the archives at the Tate Gallery. This substantial swindle resulted in the benefits of at least two hundred forged paintings, some of them breathtakingly good and the majority of them retailing for thousands of dollars. Several fakes are still out in the globe, considered genuine and hung prominently in private residences, large galleries, and esteemed museums. Plus the sacred archives, undermined by John Drewe, continue to be tainted even today.
Provenance reads just like a well-plotted thriller, filled with unforgettable people and told at a breakneck tempo. But this is most certainly not fiction; Provenance is the meticulously investigated and captivating account of one of the greatest cons in the annals of skill forgery.
