Walter P. Chrysler Jr., a Collector Of Modern Art and Artifacts, 79 (Q96745624)

He helped in the development of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and some of his works were exhibited at the Mellon Library and the Detroit Institute of Arts. Reputation SufferedBut over the last 26 years, Mr. Chrysler's standing in the art world suffered. His celebrated art collection, then housed in his own museum in Provincetown, Mass., caused a controversy in the art community in 1962 when it was put on exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.The Art Dealers Association of America, formed to uphold ethical standards in the art market, asserted that 90 of the 187 paintings on display were fakes. Among those cited were works purported to be by Van Gogh, Matisse, Bonnard and Paul Klee. Most of the suspect works had been purchased over a two-year period from two New York dealers, Joly Hartert and H. B. Yotnakparian. Picasso Discovers 'False' Works (English)

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