German Art Historian Reattributes Renoir Print Previously Believed to Be a Fake
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German Art Historian Reattributes Renoir Print Previously Believed to Be a Fake
German art historian Henry Keazor has reattributed a work on paper to Pierre-Auguste Renoir that had previously been labeled a forgery. Keazor is the founder of the Heidelberg Forgery Study Collection (HeFäStuS), which is “a collaboration with the three state criminal investigation offices of Berlin, Bavaria, and Baden-Württemberg, which provide forgeries from their evidence rooms as loans for research and teaching purposes,” according to its …
The Renoir drawing, which appeared at a house resolution and was dismissed as a forgery, turns out to be the original.
The pencil drawing appeared at a household resolution. Since then it has been considered a forgery. A paper analysis now comes to a different conclusion.
A pen drawing discovered at a household resolution was classified as a forgery by a New York gallery. Heidelberg University now found out: it is a real renoir.
A drawing by French impressionist Auguste Renoir (1841–1919), believed to be a forgery, has been confirmed as an authentic work of art after analysis.
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