Lot #608 - Elmyr de Hory (Hungary 1906-1976) after Claude Monet
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Auction House:Cordy's
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Sale Name:October 2014 Antique & Art Auction
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Sale Date:07 Oct 2014 ~ 10am (NZ time) (Lots 1 - 336)
07 Oct 2014 ~ 5pm (NZ time) (Lots 350 - 662) -
Lot #:608
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Lot Description:Elmyr de Hory (Hungary 1906-1976) after Claude Monet
‘In the Woods at Giverny’ (Blanche Hoschedé Monet at her Easel)
oil on canvas
495 x 590
signed on reverse and dated 1969 -
Notes:de Hory was a painter and art forger who is said to have sold over a thousand forgeries to reputable art galleries all over the world. His forgeries garnered much celebrity from a Clifford Irving book ‘Fake’ and from ‘F for Fake’ a documentary essay film by Orson Welles.
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Estimate:NZ$1,000 - 1,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Art
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