Warhol after Warhol : secrets, lies, & corruption in the art world /
Dorment, Richard,
Warhol after Warhol : secrets, lies, & corruption in the art world / Richard Dorment. - First Pegasus Books cloth edition. - 277 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-262) and index.
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 -- Burno 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 defense -- 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 practice' -- 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.
A story spanning a decade and starring a cast of characters straight out of 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.
9781639364978 1639364978
Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987 --Appreciation.
Simon, Joe--Art collections.
Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board.
Authentication.
Art appreciation.
Art--Private collections.
Art.
True crime stories.
Warhol after Warhol : secrets, lies, & corruption in the art world / Richard Dorment. - First Pegasus Books cloth edition. - 277 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-262) and index.
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 -- Burno 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 defense -- 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 practice' -- 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.
A story spanning a decade and starring a cast of characters straight out of 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.
9781639364978 1639364978
Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987 --Appreciation.
Simon, Joe--Art collections.
Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board.
Authentication.
Art appreciation.
Art--Private collections.
Art.
True crime stories.