# fake Van Gogh Paintings?

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**Created:** [August 10, 2007, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-van-gogh-paintings/415122 "2007-08-10T11:34:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 25, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-van-gogh-paintings/415122/21 "2007-08-25T19:39:16Z")

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[QUOTE=valleyofthedolls]  
There’s a great book by Thomas Hoving called False Impressions: The Hunt for Big Time Art Fakes. IIRC, he has an very good and in-depth section on just how poor a painter and forger van Meeghren was.  
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There’s a multitude of delightful books, it seems, on fakes and forgeries. Pop over to

> **[The Expert versus the Object: Judging Fakes and False Attributions in the Visual...](https://www.amazon.com/Expert-versus-Object-Judging-Attributions/dp/0195147359)**
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> The Expert versus the Object: Judging Fakes and False Attributions in the Visual Arts \[Spencer, Ronald D., Thaw, Eugene Victor\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. The Expert versus the Object: Judging Fakes and False Attributions in...

and scroll down just a short way.

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