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Box 41

 Container

Contains 7 Results:

Forgeries and thefts (art), 1945-1952, undated

 File — Box: 41, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Newspaper and magazine clippings about museums, galleries, art exhibitions, and artists, including Marcel Duchamp, Maria Martins, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, and Brett and Edward Weston. Also includes clippings about the Arensbergs and their art collection and articles written by or about Walter Arensberg's Harvard University classmates, friends and associates.

Dates: 1945-1952, undated

The Secret Studio Where, It is Claimed, "Vermeers" Were Faked and The Great Art Forgery, 1945 November 24

 Object — Box: 41, Folder: 17
Identifier: WLA_B041_F017_001
Scope and Contents

"The Secret Studio Where, It is Claimed, 'Vermeers' Were Faked" and "The Great Art Forgery" by Michael MacDougall. Clipping from the Illustrated London News.

Dates: 1945 November 24

Old master racket in Southland art collection exposed: Says 'muck' served up to students, 1949 July 23

 Object — Box: 41, Folder: 17
Identifier: WLA_B041_F017_002
Scope and Contents

"Old master racket in Southland art collection exposed: Says 'muck' served up to students" by Kenneth Ross. Clipping from the Los Angeles Daily News.

Dates: 1949 July 23

Are there two Mona Lisas?, 1950 May 7

 Object — Box: 41, Folder: 17
Identifier: WLA_B041_F017_003
Scope and Contents

"Are there two Mona Lisas?" by Emily Genauer. Clipping from unidentified newspaper.

Dates: 1950 May 7

Art forger makes bums out of experts, 1951 September 29

 Object — Box: 41, Folder: 17
Identifier: WLA_B041_F017_004
Scope and Contents

"Art forger makes bums out of experts" by Stephen Longstreet. Clipping from the Los Angeles Daily News.

Dates: 1951 September 29

2 Thieves caught in Paris Modern Art Museum in act of cutting masterpieces from frames, 1952 June 28

 Object — Box: 41, Folder: 17
Identifier: WLA_B041_F017_005
Scope and Contents

"2 Thieves caught in Paris Modern Art Museum in act of cutting masterpieces from frames" by Walter Kerr. Clipping from the New York Herald Tribune (Paris ediion).

Dates: 1952 June 28

Oil Painting by Renoir Stolen from Museum, undated

 Object — Box: 41, Folder: 17
Identifier: WLA_B041_F017_006
Scope and Contents

"Oil Painting by Renoir Stolen from Museum." Clipping from unidentified newspaper.

Dates: undated