The Expert versus the Object Judging Fakes and False Attributions in the Visual Arts
, by Spencer, Ronald D.; Thaw, Eugene Victor- ISBN: 9780195147353 | 0195147359
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 4/1/2004
The authenticity of visual art has always commanded the attention of experts, dealers, collectors, and the art-minded public. Is it "real" or "original" is a way of asking, what am I buying? What do I own? What am I looking at? And today more sophisticated questions are being asked: How is authenticity determined and what weight does this determination have in court? This book of essays proposes to answer these questions.