A sculpture attributed to French post-Impressionist painter Paul Gauguin and bought by the J. Paul Getty Museum was not the artist’s work, an investigation has found. The striking sandalwood carving ...
A prized and rare sculpture by Paul Gauguin that was acquired by the J. Paul Getty Museum for a reported $3 million to $5 million has been deemed a fake. Researchers made the change in attribution ...
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A master of art or deceit? The J. Paul Getty Museum has pulled a sculpture from public display after an investigation revealed it was not a work by French post-Impressionist painter Paul Gauguin, as ...
The devil is in the details. A satanic statuette long thought to be made by post-impressionist artist Paul Gauguin is a fake, it has been revealed. The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, which is ...
When The Faun, a stoneware sculpture, was bought by the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997, it was hailed as one of the museum's most important acquisitions in 20 years. But what curators at the time ...
An intricate wooden bust carved by Paul Gauguin is expected to sell for as much as $15 million when it is auctioned on May 3, according to Sotheby's. "Jeune tahitienne," which was carved by Gauguin ...
An intricate wooden bust carved by Paul Gauguin is expected to sell for as much as $15 million when it is auctioned on May 3, according to Sotheby's. "Jeune tahitienne," which was carved by Gauguin ...
An unfinished work in the collection of the Tate in London, long believed to be by the famous Post-Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin, just got a major downgrade. Tahitians, circa 1891, has been ...