Fake or Fortune? II
Last year's BBC1 TV programme Fake or Fortune stirred more comments on my blog than ever before, especially the episode featuring Winslow Homer's Three Children Under A Palm (CLICK). As far as I know, the disputed ownership of the Homer still hasn't been resolved. The good news is that the BBC has commissioned more episodes of this fascinating series. Art dealer cum art detective Philip Mould is rejoined by intelligent glamour puss Fiona Bruce and technical expert Dr Bendor Grosvenor to investigate more paintings. Filming began in January. This time Philip Mould Ltd of Dover Street, London, is offering to research an artwork submitted by a member of the public (title link). If you think you have a piece of art worthy of investigation, email philip@philipmould.com. And the best of British luck!
posted by Unknown @ 1.2.12
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2 Comments:
I find this story so compelling especuilly after viewing the film Looking for Wally about a nazi confiscated work by Egon Schiele.
The facts of the Homer painting found in the dump has all the earmarks of a legal system which always favors the privilege class at all cost. Of course those deciding the ownership of this art work are of same privileged group. This family did not even know they owned the work and never reported it. Maybe the real story will prove to be that the idiot relative at the estate threw it away in a fit of angry about having his allowance cut
Get behind the real owners, those that found it in the dump.
You should read Bleak House, Charles Dickens' diatribe against the legal profession. Two rich families go to court over a valuable estate. By the time the legal squabble is over, the lawyers' fees have swallowed the entire value of the estate! So both sides lose. The lawyers win.
I'm still waiting for a resolution to this story. I'll post it when I see it in the news.
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