FAKED PAINTINGS
When the French artist Georges Khoury-Comnene was accused by the police of turning out hundi’eds of faked modern masterpieces, he is alleged to have replied: “The owners are as happy with them as though they were originals, and I never charged more than 20 guineas for them.” When Khoury-Comnene is charged, stacks of canvases purporting to have been painted by Picasso, Matisse, Boldini, Itrillo, Renoir and Maillot will be exhibited. For weeks Paris art dealers have been flooded with the fakes. Mademoiselle Latour, well known in French art circles, was at first suspected. She was arrested, but released when Khoury-Comnene’s workshop was located. The French police say that hundreds of the clever fakes have been sold in all parts of the world.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 92, 10 February 1947, Page 6
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124FAKED PAINTINGS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 92, 10 February 1947, Page 6
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