Art
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Contracts that specified the blue, the invention of the dealer, and provenance
The guilds · Durand-Ruel · van Meegeren · 3 chapters · 10 min read
Contracts that specified the blue, the invention of the dealer, and provenance.
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- 01The Contract Specified the BlueOn contracts that read like building specifications.
- 02The Dealer and the CriticOn a jury that could end a career, and the man who bought the whole studio.
- 03Provenance Is Part of the ObjectOn why two identical pictures are not worth the same, and the forger who confessed to save his life.