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Genuine Fakes: How Phony Things Teach Us About Real Stuff

by Lydia Pyne

Does an authentic Andy Warhol painting need to be painted by Andy Warhol? Why do audiences feel outraged when they find out that scenes from their beloved blockbuster documentaries are staged? Can people move past assuming that a diamond grown in a lab is a fake? What happens when a forged painting or manuscript becomes more valuable than its original?

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Publication date

2019

Format

Print edition

Pages

304

ISBN

9781472961822