The Quiet Switch: How a Conservator Replaced a Museum Masterpiece
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The Quiet Switch: How a Conservator Replaced a Museum Masterpiece
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A dry rolled canvas wedged in a culvert started a chain that revealed a museum painting had been swapped and the original missing for eight months. A conservator made a near-perfect forgery, a junior registrar spotted a subtle rotated craquelure, and a dealer paid $83,000 - so where did the original go?
In this episode, we follow the timeline from the June 14, 2011 discovery through the months of slow routine that hid the theft, tracing the people, documents, and small technical details that cracked the case. How did a careful conservation plan turn into a deliberate replacement that passed routine checks for almost a year?
Person: Connie Webb
Person: Donna Mason
Location: Halverson Museum, Crestwick
Date: June 14, 2011
Amount: $83,000
- The rolled canvas was found at 5:45 AM on June 14, 2011 wedged in a drainage culvert on Crestwick’s eastern edge.
- Connie Webb joined Halverson conservation staff in 2003 and was 51 years old in 2011 with 19 years professional experience.
- Webb received $83,000 in two installments deposited into an account held in her sister’s married name after arranging the original’s transport to Pittsburgh.
- The Dort painting "Evening on the Scioto, Number Three" hung in Gallery C since 1987 and measured 31 by 44 inches.
- Donna Mason, age 22, noticed a rotated craquelure in a 2006 inspection photo versus the painting on the wall during a condition review in early May 2011.
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