The Devil Wears Rothko: Inside the Art Scandal That Rocked the World - Hardcover
by Barry Avrich
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Post Hill PressISBN-13:9798888454527UPC:9798888454527Book Category:True Crime, Art, LawBook Subcategory:Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions, Criminal LawSize:9.10 x 6.30 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCV95T7GZX
The Devil Wears Rothko charts the explosive demise of Knoedler Gallery, one of New York's oldest and most prestigious art galleries, with detailed and salacious insight into the art fraud scandal of the century. The Devil Wears Rothko charts the explosive demise of Knoedler Gallery, one of New York's oldest and most prestigious art galleries, with detailed and salacious insight into the art fraud scandal of the century. From the moment an eccentric woman walked into the Knoedler Gallery with a Mark Rothko painting, everyone was fooled. For the next ten years, she ran an $80 million forgery ring, selling or consigning forty expertly crafted counterfeits claimed to be the works of Robert Motherwell, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and others. Director of the acclaimed documentary Made You Look (2020) streamed on Netflix, Barry Avrich reveals new information, evidence, and inside stories about how a quixotic art dealer, master forger, and two cunning con artists managed to fool billionaire art collectors, journalists, and esteemed art appraisers. By the time the house of cards finally fell, the Knoedler Gallery and a dozen collectors had been tricked into buying over $80 million in fake art. Could it happen again? The Devil Wears Rothko exposes the art world as a fragile system of relationships vulnerable to manipulation by the most captivating artists of our time: con artists.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Post Hill PressISBN-13:9798888454527UPC:9798888454527Book Category:True Crime, Art, LawBook Subcategory:Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions, Criminal LawSize:9.10 x 6.30 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCV95T7GZX
Barry Avrich is a veteran documentary filmmaker and producer that has directed and produced over fifty films including Made You Look, Born Hungry, Prosecuting Evil, Blurred Lines, and David Foster: Off The Record. Avrich has authored five books including Moguls, Monsters and Madmen (2017) and built the world's first movie theater in a hospital.
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