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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Timed Online Auction | Art | Australian, Aboriginal & International
• Sale Date:
  19 Sep 2022 ~ 6pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  6085
• Lot Description:
  Elmyr de Hory
  (Hungary, 1906-1976)
  The Grand Canal Venice 1835, After JWM Turner 1967
  Oil on canvas
  70 x 91 cm Frame: 85 x 105 cm
  Signed & dated verso
  Condition: Good, impact score lower right, paint loss, original frame
• Notes:
  Elemér Albert Hoffmann aka Elmyr de Hory was a Hungarian-born painter & art forger, who is said to have sold over a thousand art forgeries to reputable art galleries all over the world. His forgeries garnered celebrity from a Clifford Irving book, Fake (1969); a documentary essay film by Orson Welles, F for Fake (1974); & a biography by Mark Forgy, The Forger's Apprentice: Life with the World's Most Notorious Artist (2012)
• Estimate:
  A$3,000 - 5,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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