Displaying 1 of 1 2009 Format: Book Author: Salisbury, Laney. Title: Provenance : how a con man and a forger rewrote the history of modern art / Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo. Publisher, Date: New York : Penguin Press, 2009. Description: xv, 327 pages ; 25 cm Summary: "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. Subjects: Myatt, John, 1945- Drewe, John, 1948- Art forgers -- England -- Biography. Impostors and imposture -- England -- Biography. Genre: Biographies. Other Author: Sujo, Aly. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-316) and index. Contents: "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. Web Site: Sample text Contributor biographical information Publisher description LCCN: 2009003552 ISBN: 9781594202209 1594202206 9780143117407 0143117408 9781594202209 Other Number: 276819734 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 1062312 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: BIO Myatt Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
