ELMYR DE HORY, Bareback Riders

ELMYR DE HORY
Hungarian/French, (Budapest, Apr 14, 1906 – Ibiza, Dec 11, 1976)

BAREBACK RIDERS (THREE NUDES, BAREBACK)
oil on canvas board, 24 x 18"

Signed verso: “Baron de Hory / 1947"

Dedicated recto, upper right corner:
“To Welch avec amitie, Hory”

fine original condition

28-1/4" x 22-1/2" outside dimensions, in good wood frame contemporary with the work

Provenance: direct purchase from home of
the late Major Frank D. Welch, Alexandria, Virginia.

# 02510 A ….................................................. $4,500.

LITERATURE includes :
Biography by Clifford Irving. FAKE! THE STORY OF ELMYR DE HORY THE GREATEST ART FORGER OF OUR TIME (1969).

Documentary Film by Orson Welles. F FOR FAKE (French, VERITES ET MENSONGES) (1973) .

Mark Forgy. THE FORGER'S APPRENTICE : LIFE WITH THE WORLD'S MOST NOTORIOUS ARTIST (2013).