Art fraud : 50 fakes that fooled the art world
2025
Book
Step inside the astonishing world of art forgery, where masterpieces are faked, fortunes are made, and almost no one is who they seem. Art Fraud reveals the true stories behind some of the greatest scams in art history, where con artists forged their way to fame, fortune or infamy. Discover the motivations and methods of master forgers, from Eric Hebborn's faked Old masters to Han van Meegeren's deception of the Nazis. Meet eccentric copyists, bitter experts, and insiders who turned against the institutions they once admired. Each chapter tells the story of a different forger, weaving in the investigations that finally unmasked them and the secrets they left behind.
Item Details
ISBN: 9781836005490
Description: 176 pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 24 cm
Other Title: Art fraud, fifty fakes that fooled the art world
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
- Introduction
- Did he or didn't he?
- The 'Vermeer' that fooled the Nazis
- Genuine fakes
- Crusade against the art world
- Forger of the century
- The faker's handbook
- The art world is rotten
- A legal forgery
- The garden shed gang
- The last word in German art
- The perfect forger
- F is for fake
- From garage to gallery
- Revenge on the art world
- Conclusion.
Control Number: 3405472
Publisher: London : Ivy Press, 2025.Subjects: Art -- Forgeries.
Genre: True crime stories.