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20%OFFKen Perenyi - Caveat Emptor - 9781605985022 - V9781605985022
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Caveat Emptor

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Description for Caveat Emptor Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 32 pages of color photographs. BIC Classification: AGB; BGA; JKVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 342.

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For over thirty years, Ken Perenyi raked in riches by forging masterpieces, convincing even the most discerning experts that his works were authentic.

Growing up as a working-class kid in Fort Lee, New Jersey, Perenyi never dreamed of becoming an art forger. However, when he stumbled upon The Castle, a large crumbling estate in his neighborhood, he found himself in the middle of the New York avant-garde art scene. Under their mentorship, he discovered he possessed a preternatural ability to imitate the works of old masters, an ability that confounded even the most qualified experts ... Read more

Honest, gripping, and astounding, Caveat Emptor reveals the ironies latent to the art world, while telling the dramatic story of how Perenyi managed to pull it off.

 

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pegasus Books United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781605985022
SKU
V9781605985022
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Ken Perenyi
Born in 1949 in Hoboken, New Jersey, Ken Perenyi is a self-taught artist who painted his first pictures during the Summer of Love in 1967, having discovered an uncanny ability to intuitively grasp the aesthetic and technical aspects of the Old Masters. A series of fateful events resulted in what was to become a thirty-year career as a professional art ... Read more

Reviews for Caveat Emptor
“Ken Perenyi lived an extravagant lifestyle off his faked works of the finest masters. Then two F.B.I. agents showed up on his doorstep, curious about a couple of paintings sold at Christie’s and Sotheby’s, but actually his own meticulous creations.”
Patricia Cohen - The New York Times

Goodreads reviews for Caveat Emptor


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