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008			160706s2017 vraaf e 001 0 eng d
020			_a9780522869231 (paperback)
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082	0	4	_a364.1635
100	1		_aCoslovich, Gabriella. _9394895
245	1	0	_aWhiteley on trial / _cGabriella Coslovich.
264		4	_c©2017
264		1	_aCarlton, Victoria : _bMelbourne University Press, _c2017.
300			_axvi, 342 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (chiefly colour) ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aIncludes index.
520			_aIt was a cause célèbre: the biggest case of alleged art fraud to come before the Australian criminal justice system, a $4.5 million sting drawing in one of the country's most gifted and ultimately tragic artists, Brett Whiteley, a heroin addict who died alone in 1992. It started with suspicions raised about artworks being produced in the style of Whiteley in a Melbourne art restorer's studio. Secret photographs were taken as the paintings took form. A jury finds two men guilty of faking Whiteleys, but a year later the appeal bench sensationally acquits them. The paintings are returned to their owners, leaving the legitimacy of the artworks in limbo. Whiteley on Trial investigates this remarkable case and exposes the avarice of the art world, the disdain for connoisseurship and the fragility of authenticity.
600	1	0	_aWhiteley, Brett, _d1939-1992 _xForgeries. _9394896
650		0	_aArt _xForgeries _zAustralia. _9394897
650		0	_aFraud investigation _zAustralia. _9394898
650		0	_aArt thefts _xInvestigation _zAustralia. _9394899
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