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Getty warned about fake Gauguin.

Authors :
Bailey, Martin
Source :
Art Newspaper; Feb2021, Vol. 30 Issue 331, p10-10, 2/3p, 2 Color Photographs
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

The article reports that the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles was privately warned in 2002 that a Gauguin sculpture it had bought was a fake. Topics include examines that the museum admitted that Head with Horns is not an authentic work by Gauguin and it was banished to the storeroom; and considered that the Getty has revealed that it was warned from the outset that the sculpture attribution was highly questionable.

Subjects

Subjects :
SCULPTURE
MUSEUMS

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
09606556
Volume :
30
Issue :
331
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Art Newspaper
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
148332058