Van Gogh Museum refutes claim that drawing book is original

(15 Nov 2016) EXPERTS DISAGREE ON AUTHENTICITY OF NEW VAN GOGH SKETCHES
Art experts disagreed on Tuesday (15 NOV. 2016) as to whether a book of previously unpublished drawings reported to be by Dutch master Vincent Van Gogh is authentic or fake.
The book, "The Lost Arles Sketchbook," collated by eminent Canadian art historian Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov, is being published internationally after reportedly being found in the southern French city of Arles near a hotel where Van Gogh used to stay.
Welsh-Ovcharov said the sketches appeared in an account book belonging to Mister and Missus Ginoux, owners of the "Cafe de la Gare", to whom Van Gogh gave numerous works.
Welsh-Ovcharov, a retired University of Toronto art history professor, is one of the world's top experts on the work of Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh.
She said at a news conference in Paris on Tuesday that the find was "miraculous in the sense that this could have survived for 125 years".
However, Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum Director Axel Ruger said its experts have been aware of these drawings since 2008 and after examination they have repeatedly concluded that the previously-unknown sketches are complete fakes.
The museum said the drawings don't reflect Van Gogh's development at the time.

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