02475nam 2200541 a 450 991045905130332120200520144314.090-485-1141-0(CKB)2670000000035807(EBL)564081(OCoLC)656875746(SSID)ssj0000426748(PQKBManifestationID)12189709(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000426748(PQKBWorkID)10404481(PQKB)11630243(MiAaPQ)EBC564081(Au-PeEL)EBL564081(CaPaEBR)ebr10405011(EXLCZ)99267000000003580720100823d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA real Van Gogh[electronic resource] how the art world struggles with truth /Henk Tromp[Amsterdam] Amsterdam University Press20101 online resource (352 p.)Description based upon print version of record.90-8964-176-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Table of Contents; Dramatis personae; Introduction; 1. An eye for an eye; 2. True colors; 3. Hushing up; 4. For art's sake; 5. The expert tamed; 6. Retaliation; 7. An uneasy legacy; 8. Between a rock and a hard place; 9. Among art experts; 10. The gift; 11. The unfinished Vincent; Acknowledgments; Notes; Archives; Illustrations; Bibliography; Index of namesVincent van Gogh's paintings and drawings are fabulously expensive. Millions of people admire his work, but are those masterpieces all genuine? To this day, the international art world struggles to separate the real van Goghs from the fake ones, and the key question addressed in this book is what may happen to art experts when they publicly voice their opinions on a particular van Gogh (or not). The story starts with art expert J.B. de la Faille who discovered to his own bewilderment that he had included dozens of fake Van Goghs in his 1928 catalogue raisonné. He wanted to set the record straiArtExpertisingElectronic books.ArtExpertising.709751.58759.9492Tromp Henk972014MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459051303321A real Van Gogh2210051UNINA