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Tag Archives: treasures on trial
Killing Vampires in Delaware
In the final section of the Treasures on Trial exhibition, visitors can pass their judgement on three objects: an Elmyr de Hory painting, a 19th-century Vampire Killing Kit, and a Winslow Homer landscape. Are these objects what they purport to … Continue reading
What’s Proof Got to Do, Got to Do with It?
They seem to make unusual exhibition bedfellows: a pair of Tiffany Studios’ lampshades and an eclectic assortment of Staffordshire bear jugs, owl jugs, and candlesticks. On the one hand, the “Grape” and “Dragonfly” lampshades, on loan to Treasures on … Continue reading
Posted in art collections, art fraud, Ceramics, Decorative Arts, exhibition, Exhibitions, forgery, fraud, galleries, Glass, Treasures on trial, Uncategorized
Tagged antiques, art fraud, earthenware, fake, forgeries, H. F. du Pont, Neustadt Collection, stoneware, Tiffany, Tiffany Studios, treasures on trial, Winterthur Museum Garden & Library
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Historians as Detectives
One of the best examples of the difficulty involved in dating and verifying a genuine antique is represented by the Chinese export porcelain in the Intent section of the Treasures on Trial exhibition. These objects were not sold in a … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Programs, antiques, art fraud, Ceramics, declaration of independence, Decorative Arts, House, museum collection, Treasures on trial, Uncategorized
Tagged antiques, ceramics, Chinese Export Porcelain, fake antiques, treasures on trial, Winterthur Museum Garden & Library
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Timing is Everything
Exhibitions often represent a point in time, and although Winterthur’s new exhibition Treasures on Trial: The Art and Science of Detecting Fakes has been a project two-and-a-half years in the making, its arrival in early 2017 could not have been … Continue reading
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Tagged de kooning, expert opinion, fake art, fake ceramics, fake news, fake wine, fakes, fine art, forgery, fraud, knoedler gallery, rothko, sports memorabilia, treasures on trial, Winterthur Museum Garden & Library
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