Christie’s sold a fake Rothko linked to the Knoedler affair
A purported Mark Rothko sourced through Glafira Rosales and Knoedler failed to sell at Christie’s auction in 2009 and was later sold privately through Christie’s. Its claimed provenance was invented, and Rosales later acknowledged that the work was fake. Image: Christie’s New York saleroom, via Wikimedia Commons. Christie’s said it cancelled the sale and reimbursed the buyer.
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