Smuggling Pirosmani for 500 thousand $
 

TBILISI , April 4 . The smugglers attempted to smuggle out of Georgia now Niko Pirosmani " Kakheti wine .

According to the " Georgia Online », referring to the information the main prosecutor of Georgia , now planned to take to Russia via Azerbaijan and sell one of the Russian collectors for $ 500 thousand

According to preliminary data , the picture is stored in a private collection. The corollary states that the smugglers had acted on behalf of one of the businessmen working in Ukraine . His name is at this stage is not called .

Exemptions painting to the National Museum of Georgia .

According to experts , the picture is damaged and needs restoration .

By the way, and the painting itself (origin - a private collection).
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http://newsgeorgia.ru/incidents/20110404/213854010.html

In Georgia, were sentenced on charges of painting Pirosmani
 

In Georgia, were sentenced on charges of painting Pirosmani

In Georgia, convicted on charges of attempting to illegally export from the country's film "Kakheti wine" - the famous Georgian artist Niko Pirosmani. It is reported by news agency "Novosti-Georgia."

Total convicted five men. Agency calls them names: Gaioz Javakhishvili, David Zirakashvili, Alexander Purtshvanidze, Gela Sanikidze and Zurab Datukishvili.

Due to the fact that they pleaded guilty and cooperated with the investigation, punishment, they were assigned a rather soft. Three received suspended sentences. Two others sent to prison for a year and a half years respectively.

Picture "of Kakheti wine" smugglers tried to bring to Russia via Azerbaijan. Previously this work was kept in a private collection.

Of the arrest of smugglers became known in early April. They were charged under article "Trying to cross-border illegal trafficking of cultural heritage." "The works include Pirosmani to the cultural heritage of the country, people who were going to take a picture of the country did not have that right," - said the representative of the Prosecutor David Sakvarelidze.

According to prosecutors, the smugglers hoped to sell the painting for half a million dollars.

At the present time, "Kakheti wine" is in the museum.

Since the beginning of the year in Georgia were prevented several attempts of illegal export of paintings Pirosmani. In particular, were seized of "mother hen with her chicks" and "The wounded soldiers."

Niko Pirosmani - one of the most famous Georgian artists, a representative of primitivism. The period of his work was at the end XIX-early XX centuries.

http://lenta.ru/news/2011/10/19/painting/