Art forgery

Carter Reese sentenced in counterfeit art scheme

Pennsylvania, United States · Source report date:

Christine Oaklander with a counterfeit purchased from Reese; The Philadelphia Inquirer
Christine Oaklander with a counterfeit purchased from Reese; The Philadelphia Inquirer Image source ↗
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Reese received imprisonment, supervision and restitution after admitting sales of works he knew were falsely attributed to artists including Bacon, Basquiat, Picasso and Warhol.

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Art forgery

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Rembrandt, Self-Portrait (1630), Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

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