EYE TO EYE: FAKES (TV)
Summary
One in this series of informational programs hosted by Stephen Koch. This edition focuses on the history of art forgery. Koch begins by talking about the very successful career of art forger Elmyr de Hory, whose replicas of paintings by artists such as Matisse, Modigliani, and Picasso earned him a fortune and were commonly found among the acquisitions of wealthy collectors. Next, Koch explores the notion of how making multiple copies of an art work lowers the value of each work, but can generate a lot of money for the creator. He compares the value of an original sculpture with that of a plaster replica; and he visits sculptor Will Reimann who has profited from allowing plastic models of his original hand-carved wooden highchairs to be made. Finally, Koch looks at an example of a rare sarcophagus from the Italian Renaissance which was acquired by the Boston Museum of Fine Art at great expense, but which was discovered to be a fake after scientific study.
Cataloging of this program was made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 1998.
Details
- NETWORK: PBS WGBH Boston, MA
- DATE: February 27, 1972 Sunday
- RUNNING TIME: 0:29:13
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:11627
- GENRE: Arts documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Art - Forgeries
- SERIES RUN: WGBH (Boston, MA) - TV series, 1971-1975
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Rick Hauser … Producer
- Rebecca Lawrence … Associate Producer
- David Atwood … Director
- Susan Martin … Researcher
- Newton Wayland … Music by
- Stephen Koch … Writer, Host
- de Hory, Elmyr
- Henri Matisse
- Amedeo Modigliani
- Pablo Picasso