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    1. Forgers Arrested for Fake Picasso Spanish police have arrested four people for trying to sell a forged Pablo Picasso painting for up to US$1.5 million. The canvas, a counterfeit version of the 1964 work Buste de Jeune Garçon, was accompanied by false authenticity documents bearing the signatures of Paloma, one of Picasso’s daughters, and a renowned French art expert. Forgers Arrested for Fake Picasso Spanish police have arrested four people for trying to sell a forged Pablo Picasso painting for up to US$1.5 million. The canvas, a counterfeit version of the 1964 work Buste de Jeune Garçon, was accompanied by false authenticity documents bearing the signatures of Paloma, one of Picasso’s daughters, and a renowned French art expert.

      July 08, 2012

      Forgers Arrested for Fake Picasso

      Spanish police have arrested four people for trying to sell a forged Pablo Picasso painting for up to US$1.5 million.

      The canvas, a counterfeit version of the 1964 work Buste de Jeune Garçon, was accompanied by false authenticity documents bearing the signatures of Paloma, one of Picasso’s daughters, and a renowned French art expert.

      Tags: artists, pablo picasso, artworks,

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