Not long after Eric Hebborn was murdered, an off-the-record conversation with the famed artist-turned-forger was published. On tape, Hebborn made explosive claims about his time as a student at the Royal Academy of Art in the 1950s, where he had been awarded a prestigious prize. Though a gifted draughtsman, he was a surprising choice, because the art of the day was all about high concepts, not realistic depictions. Drawing was an unfashionable business, so how had a mere draughtsman won the prize?
埃里克?赫伯恩(Eric Hebborn)被謀殺后不久,與這位著名藝術家出身的偽造者的一段不公開對話被發表了。在錄音中,赫伯恩對自己上世紀50年代在皇家藝術學院(Royal Academy of Art)學習時的經歷進行了爆炸性的陳述,當時他在那里獲得了一項享有盛譽的獎項。雖然他是一個天才的繪圖員,但他是一個令人驚訝的選擇,因為當時的藝術都是關于高級概念的,而不是現實主義的描繪。繪畫是一種不時髦的職業,那么一個僅僅是繪圖員的人怎么會獲獎呢?