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  • The following pages (links on the left) are reproduced from a selection of media sources. Most of them are about the first successful use of fingerprint identification to authenticate a work of art - a painting by J. M. W. Turner.

Some contain inaccurate references about ownership and the circumstances of finding the match. The RCMP or 'Mounties' were never involved officially or unofficially. There was a consultation for a second opinion with a retired RCMP fingerprint examiner. But, overall the articles demonstrate well how much resistance there is in the art world to introducing the time-proven reliability of fingerprint identification - in this case it took ten years to convince the art experts. Finally, the ice broke only with the world-wide media sensation the fingerprint match sparked. The evidence could no longer be ignored. 

In addition to the press, the event was widely featured on television by the BBC, CBC and many others networks. In contrast, only one scholarly journal, Turner Society News paid any attention. 

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  • Biro's 2003 authentication of a lost major work by Jackson Pollock created a media storm. These included appearances on NBC Today with Matt Lauer, CNN, as well as many other networks internationally. In print, from the Guardian, London, to The Age, Australia, many covered the story.

 

Here are some links:

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.07/start.html?pg=7

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1006666,00.html

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1058628942660_218/?hub=Entertainment#

http://www.google.ca/search?q=cache:PvWZxkcpPUMJ:www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/07/26/1059084254455.html+biro+horton+pollock&hl=en

http://www.ledevoir.com/2003/07/30/32842.html?218

http://www.google.ca/search?q=cache:-xNXeOJPhJYJ:www.news24.com/Beeld/Plus/0,,3-175_1394948,00.html+biro+horton+pollock&hl=en

http://www.artic.edu/webspaces/fnews/2003-sept/page20.shtml

 

 

 


 

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