Sleeping Dog Theatre/National Arts Centre English Theatre (Canada)
Written & Performed by Pierre Brault
Directed by Brian Quirt

Producer Judi Pearl

Lighting and Set Designer Martin Conboy.

In a Paris garret in 1946, a casual sketch is mistaken for a Picasso original by a selfproclaimed expert. The artist is Elmyr de Hory, an impoverished Hungarian refugee with an unusual talent who, rather than dispelling his friend’s illusion, sells her the drawing for 250 francs. So begins the career of the most notorious and prolific art forger of the 20th century, and the extraordinary fraud that would span four decades and two continents, turning the international art market on its ear.

Starring playwright Pierre Brault, Portrait of an Unidentified Man explores the story of a man who may have painted more than a thousand classics of modern art. How did he pull it off? How were so many fooled for so long? And how many of his works are still hanging undetected in world famous museums?

For more information visit www.sleepingdog.ca

Pre-show talk with Producer Judi Pearl and set designer Martin Conboy, moderated by Festival Director Guy Boyce:

Friday 31 July, 6.30pm, The Great Hall, The Arts Centre