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...Cornillon, a Paris art dealer, who asserts that another dealer perpetrated the frauds charged, exclaimed : " I don't care about private collectors. Modern work or a copy of the ancient piece may be more interesting or more beautiful than the authentic ancient one, and if the private collector wants such pieces it is his privilege. I may like to wear my hat backward; that is my privilege. What I object to is that future American artists should have put before them false representations of our art. The museum is sacred." As for the man who committed the supposed frauds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Fraud and Fake | 6/11/1923 | See Source »

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