{"id":232,"date":"2017-02-08T10:27:37","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T15:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/?p=232"},"modified":"2017-02-08T10:27:37","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T15:27:37","slug":"original-vs-counterfeit-is-one-really-more-valuable-than-the-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/uncategorized\/original-vs-counterfeit-is-one-really-more-valuable-than-the-other\/","title":{"rendered":"Original vs. Counterfeit – Is one really more valuable than the other?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the 1966 film\u00a0How to Steal \u00a0A Million,\u00a0<\/em>Nicole’s father makes his living selling replications of famous works of art. While I understand the criminality in the practice of claiming art to be created by another, more famous, artist, I never could quite grasp why a counterfeit piece of art was never as valued as its original. Nicole’s father is clearly talented, maybe even more so than the artists he copies because he has the skill to replicate, and to replicate so well he can deceive art experts. Why are these counterfeit artists not celebrated?<\/p>\n

This question arose again the other day while looking at\u00a0Tr\u00e9s Riches.\u00a0<\/em>Before the completion of the calendar, the two artists died. Thus, in order to finish the book, another artist was commissioned to create the months of November and December. Maybe it’s because I don’t have that well trained of an eye in regards to illuminations (yet), I would not have been able to tell the difference between November\/December and the other ten months of the calendar. It was only when Professor Serrano commented that it was a “shame” to not have the entire calendar completed by the original artists.<\/p>\n

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Again, I ask why? Why are these two months not as respected as the others? Are they not as well crafted? Or is it simply because they are not the works of the Limbourg brothers?<\/p>\n

With this question in mind, it was interesting reading the chapter “I Am a Gold Coin” from Orhan Pamuk’s\u00a0My Name is Red<\/em>. If a replicated painting were animated, I’m sure it would feel just as the gold coin feels – neglected and fearful of being discovered as a fake. The gold coin explains:<\/p>\n

“A broker, not recognizing that I’m counterfeit, who has counted out 120 silver coins in exchange for me, will berate himself in fits of anger, sorrow and impatience as soon as he learns he’s been cheated, and these fits won’t subside until\u00a0he rids himself of me by cheating another” – pg. 104<\/p>\n

Despite the fact that the coin\u00a0is a fake, it has successfully travelled and been exchanged as a valid coin for seven years. However, even though the coin has been used for the same function as a real coin, as soon as it\u00a0is discovered as a fake, all its value is lost.<\/p>\n

I guess my main question is – how do we decide what is valued and what is not, especially when the two objects (whether they be two paintings or two coins) are identical therefore created with the same labor and effort?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the 1966 film\u00a0How to Steal \u00a0A Million,\u00a0Nicole’s father makes his living selling replications of famous works of art. While I understand the criminality in the practice of claiming art to be created by another, more famous, artist, I never could quite grasp why a counterfeit piece of art was never as valued as its … <\/p>\n

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