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Provenance : how a con man and a forger rewrote the history of modern art

"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."--Source unknown.

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Main Author: Salisbury, Laney.
Contributors: Sujo, Aly.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
Subjects and Genres:
Myatt, John, > 1945-
Drewe, John, > 1948-
Art forgers > England > Biography.
Impostors and imposture > England > Biography.
Online Access:Sample text
Contributor biographical information
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505 0 |a "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. 
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