The great Canadian art fraud case : the Group of Seven and Tom Thomson forgeries
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Goose Lane Editions,
Fredericton, New Brunswick :
[2022]
- 5 of 5 Copies Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
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| Centennial | HISTORY CANADA DELLA 2022 | History - Canada | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
| Fleming - Beamsville | 345.7102635 Del | Non-Fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
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About
In May 2016, Jon S. Dellandrea came into possession of a box of the last effects of an obscure artist, William Firth MacGregor. The contents of the box chronicled a major, and long forgotten, trial involving forgeries of the art of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven. The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case takes readers back to 1962, a time when forgeries were turning up on gallery walls, in auction houses, and (unwittingly) being hung in the homes of luminaries across Canada. Inspector James Erskine, enlisting the help of A.J. Casson, the youngest living member of the Group of Seven, set out to discover where the forgeries were coming from. Fifty years later, Dellandrea follows Erskine's hunt to the end, uncovering the masterminds behind the forgeries. Lavishly illustrated with reproductions and archival images, The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case unravels the mystery of the greatest art fraud trial in Canadian history. Along the way, it also tells the story of a talented artist whose career might have been so very different.
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Details
- ISBN: 9781773102535
- Physical Description: 189 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cmprint
- Publisher: Fredericton, New Brunswick : Goose Lane Editions, [2022]
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.