The Secret Sketch Uncovered From A Nazi Treasure Trove | Fake Or Fortune?

This was a very satisfying body of researching provenance. The gradual accumulation of provable movements of the sketches, from Moore himself to the director of the museum, to its confiscation by the Nazis, and purchase by Gurlich has added one more significant piece in the oeuvre of Henry Moore for the world to view and enjoy. A job well done…I am glad it wasn’t looted from a private collection.🖤🇨🇦

I always enjoy this show. It is very educational. I love learning about artists I may not of heard or learn about the historical factors behind the artwork too. As a working artist and teacher of art myself, I absolutely do understand the need for provenance as this show is mostly concerned, but, it is important to educate the audience about art practices as well as provenance. These sketches are called thumbnails. Art dealers do know this term and absolutely understand the meaning. It is the way all trained artists work in order to work out how they want the piece to end up. As a traditional painter I usually quickly draw on my canvas when doing portraits. Many times though I am working with photos and need to workout my placement of people against background and will do thumbnails. When I find actual areas of interest for backgrounds I will do thumbnails too especially when the light fascinates me. This technique is the very beginning for all artists and all artists have tons of journals with thumbnails. If they don’t I strongly encourage artists to do thumbnails in journals as opposed to working, for instance, only digitally or only on their canvas. When it comes to sculptures it is imperative to use thumbnails to work out all angles as this episode stealthily reveals. Absolutely love the show. Thank you for all the history and pieces of artwork we may not ever have been able to know about on our own.

What a fascinating episode! They did so well covering the details of a very complicated subject and time. It's a very different approach from the usual, and I hope they do more collaborations like this in the future!

I love this series. It is presented with so much gusto and poetry all along the research trail.

When they showed it to his daughter and her face immediately lit up it was case closed slam dunk very clearly a genuine Moore. Also, the fact the piece was found with a hoarde of other original masterpieces made it very easy to believe in the piece’s authenticity.

Germany had the Bauhaus Movement that was touching everything from art and architecture to furniture and even clothing. Moore would have looked more than appropriate in the new landscape of Germany.

Well, this was gripping all the way through! A wonderful example of the diligence of art historians.

Gratifying on so many levels. Thanks Fiona and thanks Philip

A detective story of merit. "The games afoot"! On a side note, seeing Landsacpe photography by Steve O'Nions, I saw rock formations in parts of Wales and England close by! The rocks all look like Henry Moore's work! Sure it was the inspiration? The depth of Nazi crimes can never reach a nice conclusion. Very good work by investigators..

I really enjoyed that, thank you!

Laura, I just found your channel and really enjoy it! You're doing great!

Great viewing! Intriguing and very stimulating, and more. Bravo 👏🏿

Weird how they worry about "looted art" yet the museums are filled with looted art.

marvelous hosts....great series !!!!

Glad that the algorithms popped this up for me.

Great work.Thank you!

Art sleuthing at its best: this program combines art, history, mystery and suspense all in one. I bet there are hundreds of stories buried in the Gurlitt's hoarded collection. So good the stolen works are recovered.

I TRULY ENJOY THIS SERIES....... THE 2 HOST SIMPLY KNOW WHAT THEIR DOING.....I REALLY LIKE GOING WITH THEM ON THERE JOURNEYS TO FIND OUT IF THE ART WORKS THEY'RE DEALING WITH, IS REAL OR NOT.....THIER PRESENTATION FAKE OR FORTUNE IS ONE OF THE SHOWS I USE TO SAVE ME FROM THE DAMMED NONSENSE ON COMMERICAL TV!!!! THANKS SOOOOOO MUCH!

Disappointed that you did not mention whether you told Henry Moore's daughter she was right.

Fascinating documentary !