False Impressions: The Hunt for Big-Time Art Fakes

False Impressions: The Hunt for Big-Time Art Fakes - Paperback

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False Impressions: The Hunt for Big-Time Art Fakes - Paperback

False Impressions: The Hunt for Big-Time Art Fakes - Paperback

by Thomas Hoving
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Book Overview

Delving into one of the most sacrosanct areas of culture--fine art collecting--Thomas Hoving presents a gallery of art fakes, fakers, and the suckers who fell for the scams.

False Impressions from Thomas Hoving reveals the biggest, the best, the most embarrassing, and the most costly forgeries in history--many of them unknown until now.
ISBN9780684831480
Author Thomas Hoving
PublisherTouchstone Books
GenreArts, History, and Design
FormatPaperback
PublishedMay 1997
LanguageENG- English
Pages368
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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By Thomas Hoving

About Thomas Hoving

Thomas Hoving was a museum executive, consultant, and director for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is from New York City and received his B.A., M.F.A., and Ph.D. from Princeton University.

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