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Ansel Adams Negatives Controversy: 5 Other Great Lost Artwork Debates

By Kathryn YaoJul 28th 2010 – 1:00PM
Nick Ut, AP

Nick Ut, AP

(July 28) -- Ten years ago, Rick Norsigian, a commercial painter in Fresno, Calif., found a box of glass film negatives at a garage sale and bargained the price down from $70 to $45. After extensive research on Ansel Adams and his purchases, meetings with with curators and historians, and hiring an entertainment lawyer and...

Background on art fraud

Art forgery is the creation of works of art which are falsely attributed to other, usually more famous, artists.

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