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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
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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.
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| 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. |
| Sir Joshua Reynolds oil portrait - Lady Hamilton | Completed preliminary authentication assessment completed.. |
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: InOO = In our opinion |
Completed attribution and authentication assessment.
Client confidentiality precludes further comment. |
ARCHIVED: 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 Raol Dufy, Watercolour x 2 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
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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
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PAA Preliminary Assessment pre authentication _________________________________________
RUSSIAN ARTIST AUTHENTICATION INVESTIGATIONS: Oil paintings : Vladimir Yevgrafovich Tatlin - Владимир Евграфович Татлин 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
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Brancusi carving /Marble
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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
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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. |
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| Ludwig Knaus |
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| Old master oil possible. circle of Teniers |
Completed; Manner of |
Maurycy Gottlieb |
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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: |
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| 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
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| 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. |
Our Strict Privacy Policy Precludes in some cases the disclosure of the results of our findings
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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
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