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Then you wait for between two to six month.s before receiving a document which gives your picture an A (accepted) B (denied) or C (can't make up their mind which is the same as a B). They +ask you to collect your picture within 10 days.
(Later I was told by a leading historian that its best to put a mark on my picture as many people have claimed that the picture they collected was not theirs at all.. a 'switcheroo' they call it in the art business. Myandywarhol was not switched.) On many occasions they reverse their decision, going from b, to a and back again.
(Later I was told by a leading historian that its best to put a mark on my picture as many people have claimed that the picture they collected was not theirs at all.. a 'switcheroo' they call it in the art business. Myandywarhol was not switched.) On many occasions they reverse their decision, going from b, to a and back again.
If your picture is a B, the nice lady behind the desk attempts to soothe you by stating that about 50% of the pictures are denied. You are also asked to conduct more research and re-submit at a later date. Unlike virtually all other Authentication Boards, you are not given any reason for the denial whatsoever.
So, who makes up this Authentication Board? Well, normally, a Board consists of world-renowned experts who have spent their lifetime studying and familiarizing themselves with the work of a particular artist. Often the Board consists of former studio assistants, a spouse, and an art historian who has organized major shows and written extensively about that artist. The idea is that these people have developed an eye for the artist's `hand', the way of working that is as idiosyncratic as a person's handwriting.
But alone of all the Authentication Boards in the world the Warhol Board doesn't operate like this. Apparently it is difficult to find experts who will serve on the Board. Alas, this is something I did not know - and if I had known would never have dreamed to submitting my picture for their scrutiny. The Board has consisted of people such as Neil Prinz, who teaches at a place of learning called Caldwell College in New Jersey, Georg Frei, a former Swiss journalist and Warhol dealer, and Sally King-Nero, whom I cant seem to find anything about other than she receives a salary from the Warhol Foundation. All three are compiling the catalogue raisonne based on the findings of the Authentication Board.
As the Foundation has begun selling more prints and photographs they have elected two additional members, whose experience seems to lie in the fact they have curated print, drawing and photo shows after Warhol's death. Trevor Fairbrother wrote a book on John Singer Sargent, worked in a Seattle art museum and an arts magazine, and published an interview with Warhol which ran in a small arts magazine all of which I suppose makes him as much of a Warhol expert as any of the others. Judith Goldman contributed a few pieces on Warhol for several art gallery catalogues after Warhol's death and I believe may have been a curator. No Board member has any first hand knowledge of Warhol's working methods and to my certain knowledge they ignore any information from those who actually do.
Alas, there is now hope for those whose works have previously been denied. As the Foundation have recently decided to sell their own unsigned, unnumbered works which the Board have previously denied for those who submitted them in good faith,, the Board have reversed their policy, creating a new "out of edition" category. You may now submit your 'not by Andy Warhol' work, the problem being that the Board only accepts a small number per year, so you may have to wait until the Foundation have sold off their own works before they consider yours.
So, who makes up this Authentication Board? Well, normally, a Board consists of world-renowned experts who have spent their lifetime studying and familiarizing themselves with the work of a particular artist. Often the Board consists of former studio assistants, a spouse, and an art historian who has organized major shows and written extensively about that artist. The idea is that these people have developed an eye for the artist's `hand', the way of working that is as idiosyncratic as a person's handwriting.
But alone of all the Authentication Boards in the world the Warhol Board doesn't operate like this. Apparently it is difficult to find experts who will serve on the Board. Alas, this is something I did not know - and if I had known would never have dreamed to submitting my picture for their scrutiny. The Board has consisted of people such as Neil Prinz, who teaches at a place of learning called Caldwell College in New Jersey, Georg Frei, a former Swiss journalist and Warhol dealer, and Sally King-Nero, whom I cant seem to find anything about other than she receives a salary from the Warhol Foundation. All three are compiling the catalogue raisonne based on the findings of the Authentication Board.
As the Foundation has begun selling more prints and photographs they have elected two additional members, whose experience seems to lie in the fact they have curated print, drawing and photo shows after Warhol's death. Trevor Fairbrother wrote a book on John Singer Sargent, worked in a Seattle art museum and an arts magazine, and published an interview with Warhol which ran in a small arts magazine all of which I suppose makes him as much of a Warhol expert as any of the others. Judith Goldman contributed a few pieces on Warhol for several art gallery catalogues after Warhol's death and I believe may have been a curator. No Board member has any first hand knowledge of Warhol's working methods and to my certain knowledge they ignore any information from those who actually do.
Alas, there is now hope for those whose works have previously been denied. As the Foundation have recently decided to sell their own unsigned, unnumbered works which the Board have previously denied for those who submitted them in good faith,, the Board have reversed their policy, creating a new "out of edition" category. You may now submit your 'not by Andy Warhol' work, the problem being that the Board only accepts a small number per year, so you may have to wait until the Foundation have sold off their own works before they consider yours.
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