Breaking van Gogh: Saint-Rémy, Forgery, and the $95 Million Fake at the Met

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In Breaking van Gogh , James Grundvig investigates the history and authenticity of van Gogh’s iconic Wheat Field with Cypresses , currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Relying on a vast array of techniques from the study of the painter’s biography and personal correspondence to the examination of the painting’s style and technical characteristics, Grundvig proves that “the most expensive purchase” housed in the Met is a fake.

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