Case of the Disappearing Gauguin - A Study of Authenticity and the Art Market

Authentic or forged? Follow the journey of a painting that may (or may not) be the work of Paul Gauguin as it travels around the world over the course of a century. Explore the networks and relationships that help determine authenticity in the art world.

About the author

Stephanie Brown is Assistant Program Director for the Johns Hopkins University’s MA in Museum Studies. She discovered Flowers and Fruit, a still-life formerly attributed to Paul Gauguin, in a museum in California’s Central Valley in 2016. Intrigued, she began to research the painting’s history and ask questions about its provenance. Dr. Brown earned her BA from Williams College and her PhD in French history from Stanford University.

Product details

• Authors: Stephanie A Brown, Stephanie A. Brown
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.2024
• EAN: 9781538173107
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-7310-7
• No. of pages: 204
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, ART / Business Aspects, Painting & paintings, Individual artists, art monographs, Forgery, falsification & theft of artworks, Forgery, falsification and theft of artworks, Paintings and painting, ART / Forgeries