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2012 - CURRENT Art Authentication Investigations

Investigations, pre authentication and preliminary art authentication assessments - Forensic art authentication cases & current art authentication investigations

Spring 2012	Freemanart are currently providing many international clients with fine art authentication services, art authentication advisory and continuing to conduct investigations into the legitimacy and authenticity of many important works of art. Works including the following Old Masters, Modern Masters and other important paintings, drawings works of art and fine prints as indicated below.
Modigliani sculpture	Undergoing preliminary assessment
Picasso acquisition advisory for far eastern museum	Imminent.
Mubin Orhon ( Turkish) painting	Ongoing
Picasso 1921 oil on board	Major international investigation currently ongoing
Juan Gris oil	Major ongoing full scale academic and forensic investigation
Picasso collection & acquisition. Authenticity and full provenance investigation in Europe for South American clients.	Ongoing.
Van Gogh oil.	Pending preliminary study and advisory.
Picasso pen and ink sketch	Pending preliminary study and advisory.
Paul Gauguin study - investigation for Middle Eastern Clients.	Completed. Concurred. Awaiting instruction for full investigation
Picasso collection, purchase advisory & provenance investigation of several works of art.	Pending.
Corot Oil landscape	Completed. Inoo not Corot, misattributed earleier landscape
Corot Landscape #2	Pending

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Peter Paul Rubens - Old master oil	Preliminary assessment complete. Later copy of Nymphs-Sirens and dogs
Old master oil- Attrib. Circle of Titian - Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio	Preliminary assessment completed. Subject. Susannah and the Elders. Possible Firenze circle Francesco Furini.
	Pending
French school oil painting in the manner of Bouguereau	Preliminary completed. Inoo Circle or follower of
Picasso ink sketch circa 1959	Completed. Inoo not a legitimate work by Picasso. Bears false signature.
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio pos. attrib. Old master oil	Pending
Picasso Pierot Oil	Completed. Inoo not by Picasso bearing a false signature
Giacometti sculpture	PAA. Completed
Modigliani oil portrait	Preliminary assessment completed. Inoo not by the hand of Amadeo Modigliani
Picasso Floral oil	Completed. Inoo not a work by Picasso
P. Licatti portrait	PAA. Completed
Picasso major oil	PAA completed. Inoo not by the hand of Picasso
Monet Oil	PAA completed pending major investigation
Godfried Schalken attrib old master oil	Compketed. Misattributed
Joan Miro	Pending full scale academic and forensic investigation
Van Gogh	Completed In our opinion not by the artist van Gogh. Bears signature.
Egon Schiele	Completed pending full scale academic and forensic investigation
Arnold van Boonen. Old master investigation Carel de Moor. Old master investigation Justus Gustav van Bentum. Old master investigation	Completed
Juan Gris oil	PAA Completed
Cornelius Krieghoff landscape oil	PAA Completed. Inoo; A work in the manner of bearing a signature
Picasso - Le Cocu Magnifique	Completed, Inoo. a reproduction print bearing signature.
Picasso: A pencil drawing / sketch	Completed. Inoo; Not commensurate with a work for the month or year of inscribed date, bearing false signature
Claude Monet landscape oil sketch	Complete. Not Inoo by Claude Monet
Paul Klee	Completed
Cornelius Krieghoff Portrait	Completed: An early commercial photogravure
Camile Corot Oil Landscape	Completed
Picasso sculpted ceramic plaque	Completed: Believed to be commercial reproduction
Picasso drawing circa 1921	Completed
New England female portrait	Completed
Matisse original	Abeyanced
William Shakespeare signature	Completed
Bohm Pal (Hungarian) Oil	Completed
Picasso Various works	Completed
Gauguin Oil	Completed. Illegitimate work bearing false signature.
Irén Hilberth (Lámné Hilberth- Iren Lam) Oil painting	Completed
Lawren Stuart Harris (Canadian (Attrib) landscape	Completed preliminary assessment.
Brancusi Sculpture	Cancelled
Frederick Remington unsigned oil sketch with Provenance	Completed preliminary study.
Andrea del Sarto, old master oil	Cancelled
Tamara de Lempicka	Completed
Martha Walter: Coney Island water colour	Completed - InOO Photomechanical reproduction.
Matisse drawing II	Completed. Copy signed by a different hand.
A possible Madonna of Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino - Raphael	Cancelled by us.
Renoir, Girls at piano. An oil	Completed preliminary assessment for legal clients. Pending forenbsic investiugation.
Willem De Kooning oil on card	Completed Preliminary assessment. Inoo. Bears false signature
Diego Rivera Oil	Completed
Liubov Popova Gouache early Geometric Abstraction	Completed. Inoo Manner of Popova bearing false signature
Modigliani portrait drawing	Completed. Inoo Not by Modigliani & bears false signature
Renoir Floral oil	Completed preliminary study
Paul Gauguin oil 2	Completed. Inoo- Not a work by Paul Gauguin. Bears false signature and inscription
Paul Gauguin Oil	Completed. Illegitimate work bearing forged signature
Brancusi sculpture	Completed. Illegitimate work by another hand
Matisse drawings	Completed. Inoo Counterfeit works
Old master Madonna	Cancelled by us
Sickert oil
Renoir Portrait.	Completed. An imitation painting bearing fake signature
Picasso water colour	Completed photomechanical commercial reproduction
Piet Mondrian	Completed: Inoo manner of early cubist landscape. fake signature
Jackson Pollock painting	Completed Inoo a follower of and not by the artist
Willem De Kooning painting for corporate clients	Completed: Illegitimate work bearing false signature
Nicholaes Berchem - Old master landscape	Completed pre authentication assessment Inoo misattributed
Brancusi Stone Sculpture/s	A Large collection of fake works of art with forged documentation
Paul Gauguin Tahitian subject oil	Completed pre authentication assessment Inoo not by Gauguin
Pierre Auguste Renoir	Completed. Poor quality painting bearing fake signature
Old master Madonna and Child and a young John the Baptist	Completed pre authentication assessment. Later Goya copy
John Constable landscape	Completed Inoo a commercial 19th century landscape
Jean Michel Basquiat	Completed pre authentication assessment.
A Madonna of Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino - Raphael	PAA Completed
Duccio di Buoninsegna 1255 -1319 - Old Master Icon	Completed, InOO a much later copy
Modigliani female portrait	Completed Inoo a commercial bonded image on canvas
Bell-Smith - Canadian landscape	Completed and verified as authentic
Claude Manet - French, oil landscape	Completed pre authentication assessment Inoo not authentic
Frederic Remington sketch	Completed Inoo not a work by this artist bearing false signature
European Icon	Completed pre authentication assessment. A modern replica
Henri Martin pastel.	Completed pre authentication assessment. InOO not reliable
Old Master 18C French School manner of Watteau - a Fête champêtre	Complete. Manner of.
Pair of Picasso works	We have declined to accept this assignment for legal clients
Picasso lino cut	Completed pre authentication assessment, a reproduction
Picasso oil sketch	Completed PAA. Illegitimate bearing false signature
Peter Paul Rubens a self portrait	Completed pre authentication assessment.
Corot oil painting	Completed pre authentication assessment Inoo not Corot
Degas oil	Completed. Bears false signature
Karel Appel oil painting	Completed pre authentication assessment
Henry Spencer Moore	Completed Inoo not a legitimate work by this artist
Thomas Eakins ( American)	Completed:
Nicolas De Stael (Russian- French)	Completed pre authentication assmt: Inoo misattributed, manner.
Paul Cézanne - French 19th Century. A Fine Watercolour	Completed pre authentication assessment. Inoo not by Cezanne
Adriaen van der Werff - Dutch 18th Century old master	Cancelled by us.
David Park (American - California School )	Completed InOO not a legitimate work by this artist
Amadeo Modigliani - Sketch book work with annotations.	Completed pre authentication investigation.
Picasso. Figurative oil 1958.	Completed: A fake work bearing false signature with questionable provenance & a fake ink jet printed gallery label circa 2000+
Jean Dubuffet Oil	Completed pre authentication assessment InOO Not authentic
James Emil Bisttram (American)	Completed pre authentication assessment
Manner of Monet - Oil painting	Completed. InOO - Not a legitimate work by Monet, bears false signature
Amadeo Modigliani (An important drawing)	Completed Inoo not a legitimate work by Modigliani
Pierre Renoir. Oil Repose.	Completed pre authentication assessment
Matisse, Picasso, Modigliani and others. An important private collection	Completed
Dali watercolour	Completed. InOO not legitimate
Kerry Hallam Acrylics, a pair	Completed, authenticated
Old Master Drawing: Prague School	Completed
Renoir - an oil landscape	Abeyanced
Old master Christ and the Woman of Samaria	Completed
Old master Remorse of Judas Iscariot	Completed. InOO a ater copy
Rubens/Brueghel	Completed pre authentication assessment.
Manner of Thos Gainsborough; Portrait of a lady	Preliminary Completed
Paul Gauguin (Monotype)	Preliminary Completed InOO not by this artist
Old master Remorse of Judas Iscariot oil	Preliminary authentication investigation. Completed InOO copy
Paul Signac Venetian Oil 1908	Completed preliminary art authentication assessment. Bears false signature
Renoir - Pastel portrait	Completed Initial preliminary assessment. InOO Modern work on paper bearing a fake Renoir signature
Manner of John Constable - Oil landscape	Preliminary Investigation authentication assessment. Completed. Pending full authentication investigation
Norval Morriseau acrylic	Completed pre authentication assessment. Likely a fake bearing false signature.
Salvador Dali: Limited edition print 1974	Completed pre authentication assessment. InOO Bears false signature
Willem de Poorter oil	Pending art authentication assessment.
Paul Signac Oil	Completed pre authentication assessment. Bears fake signature.
Ton Thompson - Canadian Group of Seven - watercolour	Completed, bears illegitimate signature
Bernardo Luini Oil Follower)	Completed. A later copy of
National geographic Documentary film advisory: Pre-Columbian era crystal skulls	Completed.
Dutch old master. Oil on panel: Judas Returning the Thirty Pieces of Silver	Preliminary assessment completed. InOO opy of later mezzotint.
Picasso Bronze Sculpture	Assessment completed: A bronzed effect ceramic commercial copy
Matisse Bronze Sculpure	Preliminary Investigation authentication assessment. Completed.
Pierre-Jacques Cazes the Elder	Completed. In the manner of
Dimitri Chiparus; Dancer figurine	Completed. On line auction. A commercial fake presented as authentic.
Guido Cagnacci attributed.	Pending art authentication assessment.
Picasso Tête et guitare, Legal Clients:	Completed preliminary authentication assessment. Awaiting further instructions. Abeyanced
Matisse watercolour attrib: Marseille Harbour	Authentication assessment. Misattributed work of art
A Picasso Ebay purchase. Pen and ink sketch from 1906	Completed. In our opinion a fake bearing fake signature presented with fabricated provenance and unreliable documentation.
Pair of Picasso Drawings 1906	Completed: Identified as lithographic replicas of Erotic Suite 347
Old Master Portrait - Manner of Rembrandt	Preliminary Investigation authentication assessment. Completed. A 19C portrait InOO misattributed
Sir Joshua Reynolds oil portrait - Lady Hamilton	Completed preliminary authentication assessment completed.. Further detailed investigation instructed abeyanced > 2011
Picasso Sketch	Completed InOO not by this artist
Picasso (Claimed to be) Nude Study Charcoal and mixed media.	Completed authentication assessment. InOO a fake work of art
A Gentleman’s Art Collection: Incl; Johannes Vemeer, Rembrandt van Rijn, Thomas Gainsborough, Michael Sweerts, Pierre-Auguste Renoir et al	Pending authentication assessment. Inspection and detailed Investigation > 2011
PAIR - Claimed to be Chagall Watercolours (Legal Clients)	Preliminary authentication assessment completed.deemed illegitimate. Permanently Suspended
Charles LeBrun Oil on Canvas	Completed authentication assessment. Missatribution
Picasso Study	Pending authentication assessment. Investigation
Manner of Aelbert Jacobsz Cuyp - Landscape with cows & herdsman	Completed authentication assessment. - 19 century follower of
Maurice Utrillo Parisian scene	Preliminary Completed> Commercial print
Antoine Dieu - Valentin de Boulogne}	Authentication assessment. Attribution Investigation completed.
Picasso oil	Preliminary authentication assessment.Investigation completed. Abeyanced full investigation 2011
Small Van Gogh oil sketch.	Preliminary authentication assessment. Investigation completed major investigation begun > 2011
Picasso Arlequin et femme au collier	Preliminary authentication assessment. Investigation completed
Venetian School Landscape	Preliminary authentication investigation completed 19C
George Romney oil portrait of a lady	Completed
Maud Lewis watercolour (Canadian)	Preliminary authentication assessment.investigation completed. In ourt opinion bears illegitimate signature
Alex Dzighrski Snr. Oil Painting landscape	Completed authentication assessment.: Identified as Commercial print.
Berhnard Plockhorst 'Guardian Angel'	Completed authentication assessment.: Commercial posthumous print
Large private collection of a private Middle Eastern client: Manner of William Edward FROST, Manner of Renoir, Manner of Diego Rivera, Paul Delaroche copy, Manner of Claude Monet, Indonesian decorative work, Guido Agosini InOO = In our opinion	Completed attribution and authentication assessment. Client confidentiality precludes further comment.
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2010 FORENSIC AND ACADEMIC INVESTIGATIONS OF WORKS OF ART:

Old Masters and other important Paintings and Drawings David Teniers Completed E. Ruscha Watercolours Completed German School Portrait Completed Paul Gauguin - 2 oil paintings. Investigation Suspended Tizziano - Circle of Titian Completed. Copy Pissarro Completed bears false signature Venician Renaissance School Oil " Prototype Cretan Icons Completed. 17C works Completed Francesco Albani or Albano - Circle PAA COMPLETED Madonna and Child 2 Northern Italian Old masters - Completed Attribted to Marco di Gove (Italian, Late 15th Century) PAA COMPLETED The Madonna and Child Raol Dufy, Watercolour x 2 PAA COMPLETED Lucas Cranach PAA COMPLETED School of Pisa Completed Giovanni da Rimini; PAA COMPLETED Follower of Giotto PAA COMPLETED Gothic Franciscan Cross C1350 PAA COMPLETED Amedeo Modigliani - Pending PAA Corot landscape; PAA COMPLETED Dali - pen and ink sketch & dedication in Geiger Book PAA COMPLETED Mondrian - 1933 neo plastic work PAA COMPLETED Constantin Brancusi - Bronze sculpture - Abeyanced Carravaggio Copy Completed PAA. Sir Thomas Lawrence Oil Portrait. Completed PAA. Metz Floral oil Completed PAA. English school oil. Completed PA	Edgar Degas Bronze - COMPLETED A modern posthumous reproduction Other Old Master authentication investigations: Claude Lorrain - Landscape oil painting Completed Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato – Madonna Portrait in Oil on canvas Pierre Subleyras - Oil on canvas Completed John Constable - Oil sketch Completed Peter Paul Rubens School of Frans SNYDERS, Completed Jacob Jordaens Pieter van Mo Paul de Vos Theodor van THULDEN Justus von Egmont Abraham van Diepenbeeck Gaspard de CRAYER Jan WILDENS Jacques d'ARTHOIS
PAA Preliminary Assessment pre authentication _________________________________________ RUSSIAN ARTIST AUTHENTICATION INVESTIGATIONS: Oil paintings : Vladimir Yevgrafovich Tatlin - Владимир Евграфович Татлин Varvara Stepanova Варвара Фëдоровна Степанова Ivan Puni Иван Пуни Alexandra Exter - Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Ekster / Александра Александровна Экстер Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov / Михаи́л Фёдорович Ларио́нов Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova Ната́лья Серге́евна Гончаро́ва Lyubov Popova Любо́вь Серге́евна Попо́ва *Picasso:* Picasso - Early portrail of a Spanish Woman in oils. Abeyanced. 2 separate instructions from legal clients into the authenticity of Picasso Works PAA's COMPLETED Picasso Guenica study PAA COMPLETED Picasso (USA origins) Mere et infant 1922 Picasso (same image but Italian Origins) Mere et infant 1922 Picasso drawing: preparatory work and postscript to ‘Guernica’ Picasso - Corrida: plusieurs personages. Pen and wash drawing Picasso mixed media drawing Pending. 2 Chagall Watercolours Pending 2 Dali Drawings Pending
Brancusi carving /Marble	Completed: InOO Fake work with forged paperwork and provenance
Brancusi Bronze	Completed. InOO facsimile
Collection of around 180 paintings	Cancelled by Freemanart Middle Eastern Client
Old master	Copy of InOO
14 works. Stations of the cross.	Completed: InOO 19th Century Copies.
17C Catalan painting	Completed. InOO Minor work
Medieval Cross	Completed. InOO Fake or replica.
18 C Dutch Old Master Portrait of a gentleman.	Completed
Renoir oil study	Completed InOO Student piece with fake signature
Vincent van Gogh oil	Completed; Attributed: In the manner of
Major collection of oils for a private Australian client.	Completed
JMW Turner. Initialled Landscape	Misattributed
James Webb Coastal landscape	Pending full investigation Cancelled
James Fetheroff.
Ludwig Knaus
Old master oil possible. circle of Teniers	Completed; Manner of
Maurycy Gottlieb
Ceramic signed Kandinski	Not
Bartolome Esteban Murillo.	Completed Old master Copy AFTER Murillo
Paul Klee Watercolour and mixed media	Pending full investigation Cancelled
Picasso Art Authentication Schedule Authentication investigations of individual works by or after Pablo Picasso including:
Picasso sketch Jeunne Fille	Completed
Pablo Picasso attrib. tette d'homme	Misattributed. Probably a later student work
Pablo Picasso mixed media	Completed
Picasso A Ceramic design	Completed. Misattributed
Picasso / Major 1902 watercolour	Completed [Privacy Policy]
Picasso / A major Dora Marr Work	Suspended - Corporate South American clients involved in criminal activity and fraud.
Pablo Picasso - Painting / Cubist oil Picasso Cubist Drawing Pablo Picasso : Painting- A variation of Tette d'Homme 1972	Completed:: Illegitimate Completed investigation. [Privacy Policy] International investigation completed for legal clients. [Privacy Policy]
Pablo Ruiz Picasso Drawing	Completed. identified as student work
Pablo Picasso: Tette d'Homme. Oil painting also dated 1972.	Completed: Illegitimate. A poor fake
Pablo Picasso: Spanish based authentication investigation into a major oil painting - Subject Dora Maar -	Completed - FTB Illegitimate
Pablo Picasso: Drawings / A pair in pen and ink: Tette d'Homme	Cancelled by Freemanart due to highly questionable provenance and non disclosure of facts.
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We are very keen to learn more about any alleged fake provenance documents* and or faked bogus paperwork presented in support of purchases and also relating to various attribution claims.* * * * In relation to current investigations and due diligence, please write to us if you have information on any of the following: Mr. Desi Duxbury and the Duxbury family papers in the UK An expert called Sen. Fabrizio Di Castro, Italy A Professor Dr. E. Jagers And a Mr. Rasmus C. Olsen FREEMANART CURRENT ART AUTHENTICTION INVESTIGATIONS page. HOME