Fingerprint authenticates Jackson Pollock masterpiece?

Red.Sox.Fan · Post by **Red.Sox.Fan** » Wed May 09, 2007 4:53 am

Did anyone see the 60 minutes or Anderson Cooper 360 piece on the woman who bought a thrift store art piece - only to find out that it could be a genuine Pollock? A forensic art expert located a fingerprint on the back of the canvas, which he matched to a print he found on a paint can in the Pollock museum, which again matched a print discovered on a Pollock canvas at the Tate museum.
Did anyone see the print, with 6 ridges and 6 Galton characteristics?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/ ... 8110.shtml

sharon cook · Post by **sharon cook** » Wed May 09, 2007 8:02 am

That looks like a big bag of dryer lint to me. I wouldn't give you a nickel for anything by Pollock.

Thomas Taylor · Post by **Thomas Taylor** » Wed May 09, 2007 8:12 am

One person's trash is another person's treasure. Some people hoard dryer lint, based on my observations of their homes at some crime scenes.

Steve Everist · Post by **Steve Everist** » Wed May 09, 2007 2:32 pm

I thought there was an interesting reference to "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell, which has a similar sort of scenario in the opening pages.

Dennis Degler · Post by **Dennis Degler** » Thu May 10, 2007 1:24 pm

Cindy Rennie · Post by **Cindy Rennie** » Thu May 10, 2007 1:53 pm

OK, so who do we get to play Pollock in the movie version?

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Fingerprint authenticates Jackson Pollock masterpiece?

Fingerprint authenticates Jackson Pollock masterpiece?

This could be a good story....