[okie01]

Strangely, the author writes not a word about how he came to own the painting in the first place -- yet that should be a legitimate part of the painting's story.

This avoidance suggests to me that, when he acquired the painting, he knew there was something fishy about its provenance.

[chaosagent]

Strangely, the author writes not a word about how he came to own the painting in the first place — yet that should be a legitimate part of the painting’s story.
This avoidance suggests to me that, when he acquired the painting, he knew there was something fishy about its provenance.

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I take it you missed this.

My partner, David, and I had purchased this very portrait — ostensibly the work of a different artist — a decade earlier from a major auction house in New York.

[leaning conservative]

Did you read? Second d paragraph.

[Right Wing Assault]

My partner, David, and I had purchased this very portrait — ostensibly the work of a different artist — a decade earlier from a major auction house in New York.