Here's a satirical IKEA-style instruction guide for assembling a false provenance for a forged artwork. It’s entirely fictional and intended to educate through humor—exposing how shady art dealings might look if they came with assembly instructions. (author: ChatGPT4o)
🖼️ FAKEVÄRDE
False Provenance Kit – Discreetly elevate your garage painting to gallery prestige!
📦 Contents:
1x Faded Auction Catalogue (pre-yellowed)
3x Invented Collectors (with vaguely European surnames)
1x Retired Art Historian (missing credentials)
2x “Private Collection, Switzerland” Labels
1x Forged Gallery Sticker
1x Typewriter (w/ misaligned keys for “authenticity”)
1x Bottle of Coffee (for artificial aging)