Forgeries vs. Originals
Compare and contrast three original works of art with their Mark Landis renditions and read some of the letters and documents Mark has collected over the years from galleries, universities, museums and other institutions where he offered up his works as philanthropic donations.
Want to see more work from Mark Landis? Visit marklandisoriginal.com »
Three Women by Charles C. Curran
Landis attempted to give a copy of this piece to Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
View the official documents Mark received from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and Boston College's McMullen Museum of Art. Click documents below to view larger size.
Terrassiers, au Trocadéro by Stanislas Lépine
Landis offered his forged version of this piece to the following institutions: Oklahoma City Museum of Art, St. Louis University Museum of Art, University of Kentucky Museum of Art, Mississippi Museum of Art and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Below are documents from the Mississippi Museum of Art and Saint Louis University. Click documents below to view larger size.
A Woman Lying on a Chaise Lounge by Jean Antoine Watteau
Landis offered up this piece to the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, the Louisiana State University Museum of Art and the Julie Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University.
Read letters from the LSU Museum of Art and the Julie Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University acknowledging receipt of these works from Mark Landis. Click documents below to view larger size.
