In Georgia, prevented the export abroad paintings Pirosmani
 

In Georgia, prevented the export abroad previously unknown paintings by Niko Pirosmani "rooster and hen with her chicks", RIA Novosti reported Feb. 3. When it attempted to export the picture is unclear.
According to the deputy prosecutor of Tbilisi Vakhtang Iashvili, the export picture was averted thanks to the cooperation of one of the participants in the transaction by selling it to law enforcement authorities. It clarifies the "Interfax", a painting seized at the time of sale: for it were paid 150 thousand dollars.
Adviser to the Minister of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia Ketevan Ignatova noticed that the authorship pattern was established as a result of rigorous monitoring and dispute. " The painting was handed over to representatives of the Ministry of Culture of Georgia.

Niko Pirosmani - the most famous Georgian artist of the XX century, the representative of primitivism.

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