Forgery proceedings
Miami art dealer sentenced to 46 months in forged Warhol case
The FBI reported that a Coconut Grove dealer received a federal prison sentence for selling forged works attributed to Andy Warhol.
Documented dossier
Andy Warhol
Explore thefts of Warhol prints alongside prosecutions involving works falsely represented as his. The archive separates an indictment concerning an allegedly stolen trial proof from guilty pleas and sentences in counterfeit-art cases; these procedural stages carry different meanings.
8 reports · Source dates: 12 Sept 2009 — 15 Oct 2026
Forgery proceedings 3Legal disputes 2Theft reports 3
Each entry reflects its source on the stated date. A historical theft report does not mean a work remains missing. Attributions, allegations and decisions remain distinct; this dossier does not authenticate artworks.
Reports and developments
Newest source reports first
Forgery proceedings
Carter Reese sentenced in counterfeit art scheme
Reese received imprisonment, supervision and restitution after admitting sales of works he knew were falsely attributed to artists including Bacon, Basquiat, Picasso and Warhol.
Legal disputes
Indictment in alleged sale of stolen Warhol trial proof
The US Justice Department announced charges alleging that a pawn shop owner conspired to sell a stolen trial proof and lied to the FBI. The report describes allegations in the indictment.
Theft reports
Two Andy Warhol prints stolen from gallery
Prints depicting Elizabeth II and Margrethe II from Reigning Queens were taken. Two other prints were damaged and left behind.
Forgery proceedings
Brian Walshe sentenced in counterfeit Warhol scheme
The US Department of Justice announced the sentence in a scheme involving works falsely attributed to Andy Warhol.
Legal disputes
US Supreme Court rules on the licensing of Warhol’s Prince portrait
The court held that the first fair-use factor favored photographer Lynn Goldsmith for the Warhol Foundation’s specific 2016 commercial license of Orange Prince to Condé Nast. Image shows Goldsmith’s photograph and Warhol’s adaptation, reproduced in court filings.
Theft reports
Seven Andy Warhol Campbell’s Soup I prints stolen from Springfield Art Museum
The FBI reported that seven of the museum’s ten Campbell’s Soup I screenprints were stolen early on 7 April 2016. Its announcement offered up to $25,000 for information leading to their recovery. This report records the investigation’s status in April 2016.
Theft reports
Eleven Warhol portraits stolen from a Los Angeles home
Ten Andy Warhol portraits of athletes and a portrait of collector Richard Weisman were stolen from Weisman’s west Los Angeles home. The theft was discovered on 3 September 2009. Reuters reported that police found no forced entry and that other Warhol works were left behind. No recovery or charges were announced in this report.