Con/artist : the life and crimes of the world's greatest art forger / Tony Tetro and Giampiero Ambrosi.
"The world's most renowned art forger reveals the secrets behind his decades of painting like the masters--exposing an art world that is far more corrupt than we ever knew while providing an art history lesson wrapped in sex, drugs, and Caravaggio"--Dust jacket flap.
Record details
- ISBN: 0306826488
- ISBN: 9780306826481
- Physical Description: xii, 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Hachette Books, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "A memoir"--Cover.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Prologue (April 18, 1989) -- "Now you're gonna sleep in it" (1950 to 1969) -- Fulton--with palm trees (1969 to 1972) -- Fake! (1972) -- My apprenticeship (1972 to 1975) -- The last laugh (1972 to 1975) -- Printing money (1977) -- The drug kingpin of upland (1979) -- The adventurers (1979)-- Provenance (1981) -- The wild west (1982) -- Over the top (1985) -- The Prince of Fugazi (1986) -- Actually printing money (1987) -- Schizophrenic life (1987) -- My Caravaggio (1987) -- Things go bad (1988) -- The bug detector (1988) -- Yamagata (1988) -- The bust (1989) -- Aftermath (1989) -- My trial (1989 to 1991) -- Back to square one (1993) -- Out and down (1994 to 1999) -- The birth of Tony Montana (the 2000s) -- The Prince's Fugazis (2014 to 2020) -- Finale.
Search for related items by subject
- Subject:
- Tetro, Tony.
Art forgers > United States > Biography.
Art > Forgeries. - Genre:
- Autobiographies.
Available copies
- 39 of 39 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 39 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Main Library | 364.16 TET (Text) | 30229101273133 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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Summary:
"The world's most renowned art forger reveals the secrets behind his decades of painting like the masters--exposing an art world that is far more corrupt than we ever knew while providing an art history lesson wrapped in sex, drugs, and Caravaggio"--Dust jacket flap.
