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False Impressions: the Hunt for Big-time Art Fakes Reprint edition
Thomas Hoving
False Impressions: the Hunt for Big-time Art Fakes Reprint edition
Thomas Hoving
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. From the shroud of Turin to pre-Colombian pottery, Hoving reveals the biggest, the best, the most embarrassing, and the most costly forgeries in history--many of them unknown until now. photos.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | May 8, 1997 |
ISBN13 | 9780684831480 |
Publishers | Touchstone |
Pages | 366 |
Dimensions | 136 × 24 × 216 mm · 503 g |
Language | English |