The Expert Versus the Object:: Judging Fakes and False Attributions in the Visual Arts - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195147359 ISBN 13: 9780195147353

Publisher: OUP USA, 2004

Synopsis

An impressive array of experts examine the authenticity question in the art world

About this title

About the Author

Ronald D. Spencer is counsel to the New York City law firm of Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP where he specializes in art law and foundation law. He is expert in the legal aspects of art authentication issues, advises several committees and boards of art authentication experts, and has helped defend legal claims involving decisions on authenticity.

From the Back Cover

Advance praise for The Expert Versus the Object...

This book raises and answers a number of fascinating questions relating to the authenticity of works of art. It addresses both the practical and philosophical issues involved in connoisseurship and authentication, and it very nicely connects those issues to the legal disputes that arise when the authenticity of a work of art is challenged. The Expert Versus the Object brings together essays by a wide range of specialists in various fields and is an essential source for anyone who is interested in buying, collecting, studying, or simply looking at art.

Jack Flam, Distinguished Professor of Art History, City University of New York

This excellent book is about a very interesting and perplexing question: How do we ascertain who created a particular painting, sculpture, etc? When such a question is presented in a court of law, what information and criteria would a judge use to form his opinion?

Robert Mnuchin, Chairman, C and M Arts, New York City

A thorough and highly readable exposition of the processes involved in authenticating and attributing works of art and the issues they pose in varied aspects of the art world. Eloquently addressing the legal complications which can inhibit the expression of expert opinions, this book will further a better understanding of how such challenges should be weighed in our courts, as well as in our minds.

Richard E. Oldenburg, Honorary Chairman, Sotheby's, North and South America, and Director Emeritus, The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Required reading for anyone who owns or buys a work of art.

Joel Wachs, President, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP USA
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195147359
• ISBN 13: 9780195147353
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 268
• Editor: Spencer Ronald D.