Fake Russian avant-garde in Germany: the development of the plot

Unveiled by German police gang come true phony scam works by Russian avant-garde gallery in Wiesbaden SNZ. The names of the suspects

Some details regarding Isis in Germany gang that sold fake works of Russian avant-garde. Recall that the Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany in mid-June, conducted 28 searches in six cities in Germany, the results of which were seized around 1,000 items, including the possible forgery and trade documents to them. In total, by the police, this group since 2005, has sold nearly 400 fake works of Russian artists - Vasily Kandinsky , Kazimir Malevich , Natalia Goncharova , Mikhail Fedorovich Larionov and Alexei Jawlensky . The works were sold in Spanish, German and Swiss collectors.

According to Financial Times, many of the alleged forgeries were sold through a gallery in Wiesbaden SNZ which specialized in Russian avant-garde. Gallery opened in 2002 and ran until 2010. Police detained the co-owner of the gallery, 67-year-old Israeli, Yitzhak (Isaac) Z. (Itzhak Z.), as well as the gallery manager, 41-year-old Moeza Ben H. (Moez Ben H) from Germany.

In this paper, FT adds another interesting evidence. The author of the material Georgina Adam was interviewed by a specialist conservator, who was invited to the examination of about two hundred works of Russian avant-garde in Zurich in 2010. According to him, he was surprised by such an extensive collection of works by prominent authors such as Goncharova, Malevich, Kandinsky, Jawlensky and Larionov. The examiner also found that between all the works have something in common - that they have been restored, and then, as they grow old. The client, who invited expert, called him to negotiate a "certificate", but he calls them art reports on the state of paintings. In addition, he said, he urged the customer to the core experts in this period to authenticate the work.

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Prepared by Mary Onuchina, AI

Sources : ft.com , artfacts.net , artinvestment.ru

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