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dc.identifier	ECF_article_418
dc.title	«Stupido Guardi!». Thresholds for Forgery in Antonio Morassi's Archive-Photo Library
dc.contributor.author	Veratelli Federica
dc.contributor.author	Zavatta Giulio
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/venezia-arti/2016/1/stupido-guardi/
dc.description.abstract	This paper aims at discussing the role played by the art historian Antonio Morassi (Gorizia, 1893-Milan, 1976) in the Guardi forgers affair, an intriguing saga which was of interest to merchants, collectors, and connoisseurs of the Twentieth century art market. The main character is performed by Francesco Guardi (1712-1793), one of the most important Venetian painter of vedute, cherished by forgers since the first half of the 19th century. Thanks to a long process of identification, connoisseurs as Fiocco, Goering and Byam Shaw, and Morassi itself, tried to identify some of these forgers and imitators. The paper tries to investigate the multiples roles of Morassi and his idea of threshold between true and fake, through his expertises, letters, notebooks, auctions catalogues and photos (richly annotated with vivid comments in their back), still preserved in his private Photo Archive, now property of the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice).
dc.relation.ispartof	Venezia Arti
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 25 \| December 2016
dc.issued	2016-12-20
dc.dateAccepted	2016-08-19
dc.dateSubmitted	2016-07-11
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2385-2720
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/2385-2720/VA-25-16-10
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Antonio Morassi
dc.subject	Antonio Morassi
dc.subject	Art market
dc.subject	Art market
dc.subject	Forgers
dc.subject	Forgers
dc.subject	Guardi
dc.subject	Guardi
dc.subject	Venetian Veduta
dc.subject	Venetian Veduta

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«Stupido Guardi!»

Thresholds for Forgery in Antonio Morassi's Archive-Photo Library

Federica Veratelli Dipartimento di Lettere, Arti, Storia e Società, Università degli Studi di Parma, Italia

Giulio Zavatta Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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abstract

This paper aims at discussing the role played by the art historian Antonio Morassi (Gorizia, 1893-Milan, 1976) in the Guardi forgers affair, an intriguing saga which was of interest to merchants, collectors, and connoisseurs of the Twentieth century art market. The main character is performed by Francesco Guardi (1712-1793), one of the most important Venetian painter of vedute, cherished by forgers since the first half of the 19th century. Thanks to a long process of identification, connoisseurs as Fiocco, Goering and Byam Shaw, and Morassi itself, tried to identify some of these forgers and imitators. The paper tries to investigate the multiples roles of Morassi and his idea of threshold between true and fake, through his expertises, letters, notebooks, auctions catalogues and photos (richly annotated with vivid comments in their back), still preserved in his private Photo Archive, now property of the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice).

Published

Dec. 20, 2016

Accepted

Aug. 19, 2016

Submitted

July 11, 2016

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Keywords: Forgers • Antonio Morassi • Guardi • Venetian Veduta • Art market

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