JOHN MYATT (British, b.1945) limited edition (AP3/9) embellished giclee print on canvas - Self Portrait of Vincent Van Gogh signed and numbered verso, with COA, 59.5 x 49cms Auctioneer's Note: Myatt is an artist and former forger who between 1986 and 1994 faked as many as 200 works of art by artists like Marc Chagall and Alberto Giacometti managing to fool experts at Christie's, Sotheby's and the Tate Modern. He was convicted of taking part in what Scotland Yard called “the biggest art fraud of the 20th Century”. Since being released from prison he has returned to art, painting ‘Genuine Fakes’, where he emulates artists like Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh Provenance: private collection Comment: framed ready to hang.
JOHN MYATT (British, b.1945) limited edition (AP3/9) embellished giclee print on canvas - Self Portrait of Vincent Van Gogh signed and numbered verso, with COA, 59.5 x 49cms Auctioneer's Note: Myatt is an artist and former forger who between 1986 and 1994 faked as many as 200 works of art by artists like Marc Chagall and Alberto Giacometti managing to fool experts at Christie's, Sotheby's and the Tate Modern. He was convicted of taking part in what Scotland Yard called “the biggest art fraud of the 20th Century”. Since being released from prison he has returned to art, painting ‘Genuine Fakes’, where he emulates artists like Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh Provenance: private collection Comment: framed ready to hang.
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