The authenticity of art has always commanded the attention of experts, dealers, collectors and the art-minded public - especially those who relish the Robin Hoods of art forgery who deceive rich collectors and pompous experts. This book os essays, edited by a lawyer specializing in art law and authenticity, proposes to make the question of authenticity more easily understood. The mainpoints to be argues are (1) that the pereption of form in a work of art is not like other types of evidence accepted in courts of law; (2) that in determining authenticity, experts must adopt a careful, organized approach; (3) that all authentication should be based on the consensus of experts at arm's length from an object.
| ISBN: | 9780195147353 |
| Publication date: | 11th March 2004 |
| Author: | Ronald D Counsel, Counsel Spencer |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 268 pages |
| Genres: |
Property law: general Theory of art |