Warhol Brillo boxes confirmed as fakes
Published: 4 Sep 10 09:23 CET | Print version
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It has been confirmed that the Brillo boxes exhibited at Stockholm's Moderna Museet were nothing but cheap copies of Andy Warhol's celebrated work, according to a final report into the art world scandal.
- The mystery of Stockholm's fake Warhols (28 Dec 07)
In a final report from the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board in the USA it has been concluded that the works were mass produced in Skåne in southern Sweden in 1990 at the request of the museum's former head Pontus Hultén.
Hultén later sold on the works for millions of kronor, according to the Expressen daily.
The revelation that some 100 artworks long believed to be Andy Warhol originals were probably fakes raised a slew of questions in the art world, notably about the work of experts, but initial inquiries into the affair were met with a wall of silence.
Pontus Hultén, the key person in the tale, died in 2006.
Hultén was an internationally renowned art expert and the former head of the Pompidou Centre's modern art museum in Paris before he took over Stockholm's premier modern art museum Moderna Museet.
The Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board, as well as two auction houses and the Andy Warhol Foundation, declined to comment on the case but have now confirmed once and for all that the Brillo boxes were indeed not the work of the famed pop-artist, who died in 1987.
The works in question are Brillo boxes, pieces inspired by the real cardboard packaging of Brillo soap pads from the United States. They sell for up to $100,000 dollars.
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You do have to admit that Warhol was a genius though. Anyone who could combine a wooden box and a few cans of primary color paint with the skill of a ten-year-old to create something that looks just like something on a supermarket shelf but could be sold for a $100,000 obviously had an unparalleled ability. I'm not exactly sure what that ability is but I'm sure he had it.
It was an amazing time and by 1980 Andy was the acknowledged King of it, Michael Kostabi and Keith Herring were sucessful, but Warhol was a legend whoses fame and value grows daily. I am always amazed at his effect on culture. He was one of the few geniuses of the twentieth century, I am sure Manhattan will miss him forever. This stuff should all be transferred to a National Museum in Manhattan, something like "the International Warhol Center for the Arts", so what is left can be preserved.