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THE EVENING STAR. Washington. D. C
WXDNISDAT. HIT a IMS
Show of Fokeries in Art
Proves Balm to Suckers
By CROSBY S. NOYES
Suropna Correspondent ot The Star
PARIS—“The Fake in Art and
History” is the name of an ex*
hlbit which opened here recently
sponsored by the International
Commission of Criminal Police
and dedicated to the greater
glory of hawkshaws everywhere.
To judge from the attendance
figures, the art of counterfeiting
rates high in the popular scheme
of things. The crowds at the
exhibit can indulge their taste
in everything phony from the
Piltdown skull to bogus Dior
evening gowns. The whole spur,
ious spectrum—painting, ceram
ics, glass, lace, coins, stamps,
sculpture, furniture coats-of
arms, musical instruments—and
even fake butterflys, fill a total
of 22 rooms at the Grand Palais.
Being inveterate moralists, the
police are evidently out to prove
the point that artistic counter
felting—like crime—is never pA
fect and doesn’t pay. The only
trouble is that the public, being
ornery, seem to show special in
terest in those cases where the
authorities fell on their faces.
Gifted Donkey
There is. for example, the
painting called “Sunset over the
Adriatic”, by “Boronali” which
drew enthusiastic comment from
modem-art lovers at the Salon
des Independents a while ago. It
later turned out that the canvas
was really the work of a donkey
named Aliboron, who had dis
played his talent with a paint
brush tied to his tail one evenihg
for the amusement of guests in
a Parisian bistro.
There is the famous “Tiara of
Saitaphames”, king of the
Scythes, authenticated by the
most eminent archaeologists of
the 19th century and bought by
the Louvre for 200,000 gold francs.
It is only recently that the Louvre
has recovered from its embar
rassment sufficiently to permit
this prize forgery to be dug out
of the museum basement where
it has spent most of the inter
vening time.
There is also, the collection of
historic letters, purchased by an
Incredibly gullible French acad
emician named Michael Chasles
which Included missives from
Socrates to Euclid, from Cleopa
tra to Anthony and from Lazarus
to St. Peter—all the work of one
prolific counterfeiter, and all of
them written in French.
Balm to the Sucker
Cases like these are soothing
balm to the soul of every ama
teur treasure-hunter who has
ever been taken in on an “au
thentic” bit of Sevres china in
a Paris antique store or burned
his fingers on an Old Master at
the flea market. But in all the
exhibit, perhaps the most heart
warming case of all is that of
“Venus Among the Turnips.”
Ever since the spring day in
1937 when the Venus was
ploughed up in a turnip field in
central France she has filled a
special niche in the artistic life
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of the country. For Farmer
Gonon. the inconvenient stone
. that turned the point of his
plough brought fame and mod
' est fortune. Uncovered, the
f stone revealed itself as a lovely
1 bit of classic art—the more
. lovely and classic for missing
’ left arm, right hand, the lower
r legs and the tip of the nose.
The verdict of the farmer, the
- village mayor and priest was
t quickly confirmed by the ex
; Derts. The president of the local
. archaeological society, the cura
' tor of the St. Etienne Museum,
'■ the head of the National Museum
■at Athens were unanimously
r agreed: The Venus was a mas
■ terpiece—a near-perfect speci
• men of Gallo-Roman art of the
• Phidias school, dating from the
• second century.
Kitchen Museum
Farmer Gonon believed in the
s finders keepers tradition. Turn
; ing down a number of substan
tial offers for his “Venus Among
• the Turnips” he converted his
1 kitchen into a museum and
1 offered the curious public a peak
•at three francs a head. The
5 mayor of l'Etrat assigned a spe
cial police detail on Sundays and
holidays to keep the crowd mov
e ing. The following year, an .offl
g cial decree signed by the Minls
j ter of Education classified the
j Venus as an “historical statue”
) to prevent its demoval from the
t country.
s There, but for Francesco Cre
-1 monese, the matter might have
- rested. Mr. Cremonese was the
- first person to question the au
! thenticity of the Venus. And he
1 did it in the most direct way
possible. At the height of the
1 general admiration, he suddenly
e announced to the authorities
J that he had made the Venus
1 himself.
It was a highly Impertinent
e claim. Coming from an obscure
. and notably unsuccessful art stu
t dent, it was the kind of claim
t to draw derisive laughter from
e most of his listeners. Farmer
. Gonon led the chorus of protest
against the interloper who
f seemed to be trying to cash in on
3 his find.
Proves Fake
• Mr. Cremonese bore the laugh
_ ter for a time, summoned the
' curators, officials of the Ministry
g of Fine Arts and court officials
• to his home in Villars. They
1 would not believe that he had
made the. Venus and buried it in
farmer Gonon’s turnip field? He
5 would prove it to them. With
. quite a flourish, Mr. Cremonese
5 produced his evidence: One left
. arm, one right hand, two shape
i ly legs and the tip of one lovely
i noee. Were there still any doubts?
t The astonished officials were
s formally presented to Venus in
- the flesh—a shapely 18-year-old
f Polish waitress named Anna
Stunicka who had served him as
3 a model.
s The quiet decree issued on
3 November 30, 1939, passed un
it noticed. The war had started
s and the declassification of a
U. S. Officials
Differ on Red
'Peace' Moves
*7 tlx Auoclatad Pt«u
A difference of opinion has de
veloped among United States offi
cials as to whether Moscow's cur
rent peace talk shows that Rus
sia genuinely wants to end the
cold war. ,
A majority of policy makers
seem to believe such recent Rus
sian gestures as the unprece
dented apology for shooting down
an American plane mean Moscow
at least plans to offer concessions
aimed at easing East-West ten
sion.
The Geneva summit conference
opening July 18, in the view of
these officials, promises to lead
to a series of negotiations which
could slow down the arms race
and make a start toward solving
critical European and Far East
ern problems.
An evidently smaller group of
officials, however, describe this
view as dangerously optimistic.
They argue that no end to the
cold war is in sight and that any
concessions Russia may make will
be superficial.
Both sides appear to agree on
one major point: Apparent agri
cultural difficulties and the arms
burden are straining Russia's
economy, and so the Kremlin
statute was hardly front-page
news.
Whatever else it proves, the
presence of the "Venus Among
the Turnips” at the Grand Pa
lais this week suggests that
French officialdom is able to for
give and forget. It also suggests
that the International Commis
sion of Criminal Police is not
adamant in its position that
artistic humbuggery can be made
to pay. A notice posted near the
statue advises the public that:
“Mr. Cremonese. having kept
a cast of his celebrated Venus,
will be pleased to accept orders
for reproductions.”
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