The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case: The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson Forgeries Tapa dura -

Hardback. New.

Fredericton, New Brunswick: Fredericton, NB: Goose Lane Editions, 2022, 1st Edition, First Printing, 2022. ----------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) ---hardcover, a Near Fine example, a wee bit of very light rubbing, no dustjacket as issued, 189 + 3 pages, photos throughout, ---a fascinating story of art fraud on a large scale, ---"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,… Leer más

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.