Authentication Committee Set Up For Canadian Artist

Fakes of famed Canadian First Nations painter Norval Morrisseau abound. So a new official committee has been set up to authenticate work. “The committee, composed of five Morrisseau experts, will function much like the famous four-member Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board, which has been the sole arbiter of genuine Warhols since the pop-art master’s death in 1988: If you think you have a real Morrisseau but want to know for sure, you’ll have to submit it to the committee for determination. And once you do, you’ll have to sign a contract by which you absolve Morrisseau, his family and Milrad of any liability if the committee comes back and says, ‘It’s not a Morrisseau.”