Auction house Christie `s accused of selling fakes

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Auction house Christie `s accused of selling fakes

March 5, 2014


Sister of the late American artist neo - eksperssionista argue that auction house Christie `s put on the online auction fake work of Jean-Michel Basquiat .

In Manhattan federal court entered a lawsuit by the auction house Christie's. Lisan and Jeanine Basquiat going to prove that most of the works of their brother , Jean-Michel Basquiat , offered for online auction - forgery.

According to New York Post, Basquiat works auctioned his ex-girlfriend , Alexis Adler . In 1979-1980 the artist decided to make their shared apartment on East Village installation : He painted the walls, doors , refrigerators, and even clothing. 50 artist -painted items from this apartment and became part of the exhibition Christie `s. Meeting notebook enriched by Jean-Michel Basquiat , and recorded his own poems on scraps of paper . Since March 3, 39 works from the collection can be purchased at Christie ` s.Auktsion should last until March 17 . However, its success would be doubtful because of the scandal . It turns out that only seven works from the collection have been tested experts. Lisan and Jeanine Basquiat explain it this way - the representatives of Christie `s obviously knew that sell fakes. And , as noted in the lawsuit : " If the authenticity of auctioned items are not confirmed, they have almost no value."

Basquiat sisters insist that most of the interior of the collection was decorated with their friends world-famous relative. Basquiat lawyer notes that even an ignorant person in the art world at a glance it becomes clear - graffiti artist sketches in notebooks made ​​by different people. But representatives of Christie `s done everything to confuse potential buyers - listing is a mark that things Basquiat reserved ownership . For this mark the artist 's relatives are also going to call on the auction house to answer.

By the way, one of the transmitted for examination subjects - radiator with the word "Milk" verification of the authenticity failed. This item has planned to sell for 300 thousand dollars. Basquiat works for this price is not the limit - in May of last year 's painting " blurred head" was sold at auction for 48.8 million dollars. It's a shame it would be to pay such a huge sum for a fake .

If Fox and Jeanine Basquiat able to prove that to put up for auction works their brother has nothing to do , the auction house Christie `s will have to pay $ 1 million in compensation.

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Jean-Michel Basquiat - American artist . His career he started as a member of an informal group of graffiti SAMO. In the 1980s, Basquiat began to create paintings in the spirit of neo- expressionism and primitivism . He was interested in the synthesis of text , drawing and painting. Basquiat in their work raises social issues , opposed the government and racism, supported the class struggle . In 1988 , at age 27 , Basquiat died of a drug overdose .

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