Art Theory: BVA 313 - 18/06/2019 (Authentication of painting)
Non standardization
how do you assign worth.
Opaqueness in pricing
90% sold through art galleries. The price are not transparent selling in art galleries.
10% sold through auction house.
Lack of regulation
Art is globally a $50 Billion a year industry but is largely unregulated
Fakes
30 % of the art market is fake.
Art authentication
Investor will sue if their art is fake as the value will decrease.
Certification for authentic works
How are artworks analysed?
Visual analysis based on connoisseurship, scientific analysis
Vincent Van Gogh
Many fakes are created especially on his work.
A case on Nicolai christian Mustad in 1908 declared fake. Finally in 2011, it is declared real through scientific analysis.
evaluated very role in this documentary:
the Fake van Gogh's (counterfeit documentary) - Timeline
Autioneer sold a fake even though they knew it is a fake.
Auction house and museum conceal the truth as it gave people status and dignity.
however the scholars dies to prove the authentic painting.
Yasuda mystery: (whether the sunflower painting is a fake or its not)
They seek for authenticity through visible references and sources. (technical research)
subject matter cant be prove through pictures.
New theory on the mystery behind the fake of the Sunflowers.
Going back in history to identify the painting.
-Letters from Van Gogh to his brother.
Putting the three sunflower paintings side by side shows obvious signals that the painting is fake.
*** symbolic meaning of colour adapted into his work. Sunflower is painted before Gauguin came. He associated himself with the sunflower. He sees new hope in art with Gaugain's arrival.
Theo's wife was the one who kept all painting together after the death of Vinvent and Theo.
Reputation is affected.
how do you assign worth.
Opaqueness in pricing
90% sold through art galleries. The price are not transparent selling in art galleries.
10% sold through auction house.
Lack of regulation
Art is globally a $50 Billion a year industry but is largely unregulated
Fakes
30 % of the art market is fake.
Art authentication
Investor will sue if their art is fake as the value will decrease.
Certification for authentic works
How are artworks analysed?
Visual analysis based on connoisseurship, scientific analysis
Vincent Van Gogh
Many fakes are created especially on his work.
A case on Nicolai christian Mustad in 1908 declared fake. Finally in 2011, it is declared real through scientific analysis.
evaluated very role in this documentary:
the Fake van Gogh's (counterfeit documentary) - Timeline
Autioneer sold a fake even though they knew it is a fake.
Auction house and museum conceal the truth as it gave people status and dignity.
however the scholars dies to prove the authentic painting.
Yasuda mystery: (whether the sunflower painting is a fake or its not)
They seek for authenticity through visible references and sources. (technical research)
subject matter cant be prove through pictures.
New theory on the mystery behind the fake of the Sunflowers.
Going back in history to identify the painting.
-Letters from Van Gogh to his brother.
Putting the three sunflower paintings side by side shows obvious signals that the painting is fake.
*** symbolic meaning of colour adapted into his work. Sunflower is painted before Gauguin came. He associated himself with the sunflower. He sees new hope in art with Gaugain's arrival.
Theo's wife was the one who kept all painting together after the death of Vinvent and Theo.
Reputation is affected.
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