Gary Schwartz, with Edward Rosser
From a mail of 1 September 2024 from Otto Naumann: “The safest position as a connoisseur is that of a Naysayer. In this position, one doesn’t have to explain oneself, only say something like ‘I know this artist, and this object is not by him.’ But to say that an item can be attributed to a particular artist is quite another proposal, one that needs a lot of explanation.” A case in point. (Not the one Otto was writing about.)
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