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PETER(NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Mark Forgy’s home on the outskirts of Minneapolis looks like a museum. Works of art hang floor to ceiling. They hang in stairwells, in closets and behind doors. In the living room, a bronze bust of the artist who made all these pieces smirks slightly from the corner, admiring his work: a Matisse, a Modigliani, a handful of Picassos.

Forgy owns the largest collection of work by Elmyr de Hory, one of the most notorious art forgers of the 20th century.

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In the 1950s and ’60s, de Hory is believed to have forged over 1,000 works by major artists. Many have been removed from museums. Others, some experts say, have not.

Forgy has spent years dedicated to the memory of de Hory.

He has written a book, gives talks and contributes to exhibitions on forgery.

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It is his calling, he says, and has all led to his newest endeavor: putting on an exhibition of de Hory’s original work. No forgeries. Just de Hory in his own voice.

“It’s wor