Definition of deattribute in English:
deattribute
verbˌdiːəˈtrɪbjuːtˌdēəˈtribyo͞ot
[with object]Cease to attribute (a work of art) to a particular artist.
imitations that have been deattributed
Example sentencesExamples
- Sometimes, deattributing an artwork does make it look a good deal worse - does entail serious value judgments as an essential critical role - and that can be good, too.
- It had been listed in Rembrandt catalogs in the 19th century and in 1915 but was later deattributed by scholars.
- As a result, a number of works previously thought to be by Vermeer were deattributed, including Young Woman Seated at the Virginals.
- To achieve this they have deattributed works that do not fit with their conceptions but in the mirror section I demonstrate that their conceptions are mistaken.
- A few dozen prints have been deattributed, while a smaller number of works have now been added to his oeuvre.
Derivatives
nounˌdiːatrɪˈbjuːʃ(ə)n
Should one be positively impressed that he put his name to wrongheaded deattributions and has now reversed them without acknowledging that other colleagues did not misguide themselves in the first place?
Example sentencesExamples
- Some time ago, I put up a post on a LA Times article discussing the deattribution of a painting by Van Dyke in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
- In his essay, Duparc maintains the deattribution of several paintings and entertains the attribution of others suggested by the Rembrandt Research Project.
- However, can scholarship also spoil our sense of beauty in the deattribution of a work of art?
- I just added my comments about LACMA and the controversial deattribution of van Dyck's Andromeda.