The Art of the Faker

The Art of the Faker

Title page for The Art of the Faker (1959)
Author	Frank Arnau
Original title	Kunst der Fälscher - Fälscher der Kunst. 3000 Jahre Betrug mit Antiquitäten
Language	German
Subject	Art forgery
Genre	Non-fiction
Publication date	1959

The Art of the Faker is an influential 1959 book on art forgery by Frank Arnau.

Editions and translations

• 1959 Kunst der Fälscher - Fälscher der Kunst. 3000 Jahre Betrug mit Antiquitäten. (Original German edition)
• 1960 L'Art des faussaires et les faussaires de l'art (French translation by Édith Vincent)
• 1960 Arte della falsificazione, falsificazione dell'arte (Italian translation by Piero Bernardini, published in Milan)
• 1961 The art of the faker: three thousand years of deception in art and antiques (English translation by J. Maxwell Brownjohn, published in London)
• 1961 El Arte De Falsificar El Arte : Tres Mil Años De Fraudes En El Comercio De Antigüedades (Spanish translation by Juan Godó Costa, published in Barcelona)

See also

• Alceo Dossena

External links

• Two snipped previews at google books The art of the faker: three thousand years of deception and Three thousand years of deception in art and antiques