October 08, 2009

Fake Mais Précis

Apparently, the Obama's questionable taste in art includes a penchant for frauds.

Alma Thomas' 1963 "Watusi (Hard Edge)" is unmistakably a knock-off of Henrí Matisse's 1953 "L'Escargot." No, I'm not an art buff, the symmetry is uncanny, and forms a near-perfect overlay.

In other news, Michelle Malkin is plagiarizing my original.

Posted by: Confederate Yankee at 08:12 PM | Comments (6) | Add Comment
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1 well it takes a good froud to apreciate a good froud...

Posted by: rumcrook® at October 09, 2009 11:25 AM (60WiD)

2 that should be fraud

Posted by: rumcrook® at October 09, 2009 11:26 AM (60WiD)

3 There's no fraud here whatsoever. She traveled to France, fell in love with the Matisse piece, announced that she was going to do her own "study" of it and did so - publicly and openly. This happens all of the time in the art world. Don't forget that we're seeing these two images in 2 inch squares on flat computer monitors. The two pieces are of different sizes using different techniques and materials creating different textures. If she HADN'T written extensively about the fact that this was a "study" of Matisse, then we could easily accuse her of fraud.

Posted by: Able Stanton at October 09, 2009 01:36 PM (O64c3)

4 It shows Obama's bad taste in art? In fact, it shows just the opposite. Obama was able to recognize the artistic merit of a work by one of the world's greatest artists, even though he had no idea who painted it.

Posted by: Green Eagle at October 10, 2009 02:54 PM (iuhJB)

5 " Obama was able to recognize the artistic merit of a work by one of the world's greatest artists, even though he had no idea who painted it." Not only did he not have any idea, he has no clue.

Posted by: Cowboy Logic at October 12, 2009 12:17 PM (vog1p)

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