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1 online resource (streaming video file) (1 hr.) ; 355790634 bytes |
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Fake Or Fortune? ; Series 2, Episode 1 |
| Summary |
Beneath the cultured and apparently genteel veneer of the art world lies a dimension rarely seen. Away from the brightly-lit gallery walls and upmarket auction houses there's a darker side of incalculable wealth, social ambition, fierce competition and subterfuge. Now respected international art dealer and one of the UK's foremost experts on the discovery and identification of lost British art, Philip Mould joins forces with BBC journalist Fiona Bruce in Fake or Fortune? to reveal this world as they investigate remarkable stories that lie beneath the surface of paintings. Every picture tells a story, but none quite like this as paintings are about to be treated as evidence at a crime scene, using old-fashioned detective skills and the latest forensic testing.Inheriting a work of art by one of the great Impressionist masters should be a joy, but for Patrick Rice it was a mixed blessing, as we find out in this opening episode. His small oil painting depicting a ballet dancer on stage has always been thought to be a work by Edgar Hilaire Degas. Unfortunately, since the 1970s, experts haven't agreed. The painting, which could be worth around half a million pounds if a Degas, is currently worth #200 (approx $300). In a last ditch attempt to discover the truth, Patrick and his son Jonathan ask Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould to handle the case.PRODUCTION DETAILS:A BBC production |
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Broadcast 2012-12-03 at 21:30:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: G |
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Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917.
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Art -- Forgeries.
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Forgery of antiquities.
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Impressionism (Art) -- Technique.
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Painters -- Biography.
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Art thefts -- Investigation.
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Germany -- Berlin.
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France -- Paris.
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Germany -- Hamburg.
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Streaming video
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Murphy, Robert, director
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Bruce, Fiona, host
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Mould, Philip, host
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