Maud or fraud? How lab testing is helping to authenticate work by Maud Lewis

It all started with minuscule chips of paint that travelled from Saint John to Fredericton to be burned, acidified and tested — all in search of one answer: do they have lead? At stake: confirming whether two paintings were the work of legendary Nova Scotia painter Maud Lewis.

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