the life and crimes of the world's greatest art forger
Tetro, Tony
A world-renowned art forger who has been duping the art world for forty-five years and served time after a widely-publicized trial, describes the secrets and corruption of that universe while giving an art history lesson.
how a con man and a forger rewrote the history of modern art
Salisbury, Laney
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.
After a trail of fake paintings of astonishing quality led federal agents through a labyrinth of art dealers, renowned experts, and major auction houses, the investigation inexplicably ended, despite an abundance of evidence. The case was closed and the FBI file marked for no public release. Now that the statute of limitations has expired, professional art forger Ken Perenyi's confessions. Unlike other art forgers there was no paper trail and no fake provenance. He let the paintings speak for themselves and they mesmerized the experts in mere seconds.
Presents short biographies on the ten most successful art forgers, which includes Otto Wacker, Tom Keating, Karl Sim, Elmyr de Hory, John Drewe, and Zhang Daqian; and describes their techniques and how they were caught.
