November 6, 2000
CONTENTS:
- Two Rodin sculptures stolen from Russian museum
- Commercial Art Authentification Program
- Art forgers show their true colours
Two Rodin sculptures stolen from Russian museum
MOSCOW, Nov 4 (AFP) -
Two bronze scluptures by the famed French artist Auguste Rodin have been stolen from a museum in the southern Russian city of Volvograd, police said Saturday.
"The burglar alarm didn't work," police spokesman Gregory Shashkin explained, adding that no suspects had yet to be arrested several days after the sculptures, valued at two million dollars (2.33 million euros), were snatched.
An original of "la Jalousie" (1899), and Rodin's copy of his own "Baiser" (1899), were donated to the museum in 1945 by a British collector, a museum official said.
Date sent: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 15:13:35 -0800
To: securma@xs4all.nl
From: Cycleback cycleback@cycleback.com
Subject: Commercial Art Authentification Program
Hello,
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Art forgers show their true colours
Kirsty Scott
Monday November 6, 2000
It may be the sincerest form of flattery, but curators at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art are not impressed by a collection of imitations mimicking their latest display of masterpieces. The aptly named Outrageous Art Gallery in Edinburgh claims to have used a worldwide network of forgers to produce exact copies of works displayed in the Scottish Colourists exhibition.
The official exhibition at the national gallery features the work of the Edinburgh-born artists Samuel Peploe, John Duncan Fergusson, Francis Campbell Cadell and George Leslie Hunter, whose bold, colourful canvasses are much sought after by collectors.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/story/0,3604,393178,00.html