Post #351849 by hewey on Sat, Dec 29, 2007 4:38 AM

I have sent the seller a VERY strongly worded email letting him know what I think of his artistic morals (or lack thereof)

Here's the response I got from him:

Firstly, what's really important is that you recognize skill. Secondly, WHO IN THE FUCK ARE YOU? I get hate mail from time to time so you must understand the bullshit you have written to me doesn't usually get a response, I'm really immune to it, plus I'm really busy packaging and selling art. Now it's painfully obvious to me Hewey that you need some nurturing, not from me of course, but someone else.

 Now if you want to vent, call me at 808 852-0225, and don't privatize your number cause I won't answer.  You need to have some idea who the fuck you're dealing with, so let's talk.  

If you know Brad's number, give him mine.

P.S. How many prints you buying, Bitch?

Check out the links from his wikipedia page, seems he is widely known for creating fake prints and selling them as "authentic prints" previously:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.M._Washington

and here are some choice quotes from those links:
Forbes.com:
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2004/0920/302_print.html

Whatever the case, the art has proved a bonanza for Washington. Since 1998 as many as 60,000 Washington prints may have been sold on Ebay and at PBA Galleries in San Francisco and DuMouchelle's in Detroit, among other venues, at prices ranging from $20 to $350. Vaughn (Pete) Baughman, owner of Frogtown Books in Toledo, Ohio, says he bought 5,000 to 7,000 prints, paying Washington $12 to $35 each, and resold 2,000 or so over the Internet...
...And to a widening ring of skeptics they are all fakes...
..."Washington's such a good liar," says Baughman of Frogtown Books, who no longer believes the prints are authentic. "That's what he does for a living." ...

http://www.mcescher.com/News/false.htm

They were selling 325 sets of 19 prints each. We received a set and checked them with the original woodcuts in our possession and found them to be fakes....

http://www.philaprintshop.com/earlmwashington.html

"Original woodblock" prints by E.M. Washington: an art scam...
...It turns out that this "find" was the result of an elaborate scam perpetrated by this printmaker's supposed great-grandson, also named Earl M. Washington. The evidence is overwhelming that even if the first E.M. Washington did exist and was a printmaker (both uncertain), he was neither the maker nor printer of these prints. Instead it is clear that the maker of these prints is the current E.M. Washington, who made "original" woodblock copies of prints by the famous printmakers who were supposed to be the friends of his alleged great-grandfather. Each of these prints is signed "E.M. Washington," which though said to be by the great-grandfather is certainly the signature of the great-grandson, and they are dated with dates when they were supposed to be printed, a clear misrepresentation.

And he still posts the link to the wikipedia page on him from his auctions! WTF?

There is "good" bad taste, and there is "bad" bad taste, and the difference of the two is in the eye of the beholder - Sven Kirsten

[ Edited by: hewey 2007-12-29 04:41 ]