Liana Roginskaya with the assistance of the site ARTinvestment.RU draws the attention of potential buyers for the upcoming auction Time

Liana Roginskaya with the assistance of the site ARTinvestment.RU draws the attention of potential buyers for the upcoming Auction Time & Again Auction Gallery of the fact that lot 982, declared in the auction catalog, not a true work of Mikhail Roginsky. Auction to be held on 8 and 14 Sept., 2008 at 1080 Edward Street Linden, NJ United States 07036, 800.290.5401.

Work with the title «The man in front» published in the online catalog Auctionflex.com and Ebay.com , and This time the painting, which in the lower right corner is a «signature» Roginsky , is proposed estimeytom 1 500-2 000 USD, which is about 20 times lower than the market price of the original paintings by Mikhail Roginsky.

Interestingly, this «work» is not the first time into the field of view of collectors and connoisseurs of art Roginsky. In particular, 22 June 2008, for information on eBay, it was sold to American Point Pleasant Galleries at the Antique and Fine Art Estate Auction for 2 000 dollars. Despite the signature Roginsky , work in the online directory has been supplied with a formal reservation «attributed Roginsky», which, apparently, was to inform the buyer of the disputed attribution of work - probably to avoid the follow-up actions .

Proper investigation undertaken later Lian Roginsky, has a high probability to establish «source» and the logic of the production of forgery. It turned out that the picture «The man in front of» is a slightly revised piece of genuine work «The Old Courtyard» 1999. More precisely, the landscape of the house is almost identical and was written with the same angle (see photo). Admission «kollazhirovaniya» - drawing characteristic fragments and scenes from different works - one of the most common producers of counterfeit documents. Its essence is that the manufacturer fakes are not totally copying some famous work, and writes something «after». The same reception used in the present case. This unknown «author» stylistically tried to copy the late Roginsky, 1990, he reproduced the «French» signature Latin artists, but also showed stamp printing permission to export the USSR Ministry of Culture (but not completing it, as is usually done -- there is no date for the painting, nor the date of authorization to export). This combination is the next nonsense: work Roginsky allegedly made in France and not before 1995, exported from Russia (respectively, since 1995) with permission from the Ministry of Culture of the USSR.

According to the artist's widow, Liana Roginsky, which is working on a catalog-reason Michael Roginsky, after the June incident, she informed on the situation, representatives of the auction house via his lawyer. Nevertheless, with the signature Roginsky once again free to continue to be in the market. The organizers of the September auction also notified counsel Liana Roginsky of reasonable doubt as to the true high-exhibited at the bidding of the «man in front of the building». Liana Roginskaya both commented that the situation Forum ARTinvestment.RU : «The first time they felt" attributed Roginsky, now - with the signature Roginsky. I have explained many times that it is done to evade responsibility, but I did not understand how this is possible, if the picture is signed? Indeed, in this case, confuse it with, for example, close to the style the artist is not possible or is it, or it is fake, and people who exhibited the work after being warned, even for such a price, do so with full understanding of the situation ».

The official response until the auction is unknown. It is not excluded that the journey to work with a false signature Roginsky and this time will not end. ARTinvestment.RU encourages buyers to vigilance. During development of the almost detective stories will be on our forum .

Source: artinvestment.ru