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(shù)家出身的偽造者的一段不公開對話被發(fā)表了。在錄音中，赫伯恩對自己上世紀(jì)50年代在皇家藝術(shù)學(xué)院(Royal Academy of Art)學(xué)習(xí)時的經(jīng)歷進(jìn)行了爆炸性的陳述，當(dāng)時他在那里獲得了一項享有盛譽(yù)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(dāng)時的藝術(shù)都是關(guān)于高級概念的，而不是現(xiàn)實主義的描繪。繪畫是一種不時髦的職業(yè)，那么一個僅僅是繪圖員的人怎么會獲獎呢？