Warhol After Warhol
Secrets, Lies, & Corruption in the Art World
New York : Pegasus Books, 2023, ©2023.
Format: Book
Edition: First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Description: 277 pages ; 24 cm
A story spanning a decade and starring a cast of characters straight out of a novel-from rock icons and film stars, art dealers and art forgers-brings to life the bitter debate over the authenticity of a series of paintings by the most famous American artist of the 20th century.
Contents:
A voice on the line, 2003 -- Langton Street, 2003 -- 'Don't even think about it' -- Warhol's silkscreens -- Joe Simon -- Warhol's will -- Th Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board -- Selling Andy -- The 'Dollar Bill' piece -- Celeb-a-lula -- Eyewitnesses -- 'I should have died. It would have been better', 1968 -- Andy Warhol Enterprises Inc. -- The Red Self-Portrait comes up for authentication -- Bruno B. -- Dinner on Park Avenue, March 2009 -- A cruel joke -- First article for the New York Review of Books, 2009 -- Wachs -- Big noise on Hudson Street -- Lies and libel, 2009 -- The Warhol foundation on trial, 2010 -- A cold-blooded murder - a brazen swindle -- 'A premeditated and underhand ploy' -- The defence -- A mountain of mud and misinformation -- Senior moments -- Forty-four fakes -- 'Inherently dishonest', 2003 -- 'Warhol is acknowledging the painting' -- A mountain of material -- 'The most irresponsible lawyering I have encountered in twenty years of parctice' -- The investigation I began had not been concluded' -- Expert witnesses -- The affidavit -- Squeegeeville.com -- Contagion, 2011 -- 'Nothing more than a sort of fraud' -- Epilogue: August 2021 -- Appendix: The silk-screening process -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index.
Subjects:
Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987 -- Appreciation.
Simon, Joe -- Art collections.
Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board.
Authentication.
Art appreciation.
Art -- Private collections.
United States.
Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987 -- Appreciation.
Simon, Joe -- Art collections.
Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board.
Authentication.
Art appreciation.
Art -- Private collections.
United States.
ISBN:
9781639364978
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
ART History Dor | Northeast Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-262) and index.