Now Peter Moore is accused of crafts works of his late boss and fraud. Nearly three hundred works of various genres: watercolors, drawings, sculptures - were sold at auction in Paris. The total cost of lots amounted to 4,5 million of this amount, Peter Moore wanted to get 10%, citing the fact that it has a right under the will of the master.
Scandalous is now a collection he had to withdraw from Spain a few years ago. Despite objections by critics, Customs has not accepted for collection of works of high artistic value, because there is no world-famous works. Prior to that, all sold works can be seen in Dali Museum, located in the Catalan city Kadakesh.
Peter Moore - a known personality. In 1999 he was accused of forging works of Dali. By that time, quick-witted secretary managed to slap over 10 thousand impressions from engravings his boss and literally deluged with their global market. It is known that El Salvador has always signed his work, but 10 thousand counterfeit plates bore the original signature of the artist! As a result found out, unpredictable artist had before his death, to sign more than 300 thousand blank sheets of paper. With this heritage and took the "resourceful" Peter Moore.
Then, at the end of the 90th, he managed to sell only 50 thousand of them, and the other lists were so clean. Once one of the ex-partners reported by Moore in the police, the case has received wide publicity. But the rogue does not lose his head. According to him, Daly has never been against counterfeiting and before his death allowed the Secretary to freely duplicate and distribute copies and counterfeiting of their works.
Peter Moore is now facing the punishment of 12 articles. Prosecutors believed that the former secretary of Dali, he was responsible for relations with foreign artist organizations and individuals, has abused his trust, and after his death, use these links for illegal personal gain. " Nevertheless, the decision of the Spanish authorities for many strange looks, in fact, they allowed Moore and his wife to bring a collection of the country.
It is worth noting that Moore - not the first nor the last in a cohort of thieves who are profiting on behalf of the great surrealist. In the 70th such cases involved a young Spanish artist Manuel Pujol Baladas, which attracted the work of Gala, Dali's faithful companion. For three years Pujol created nearly 400 watercolors, drawings, lithographs, two hundred canvases butter. Only after the death of Dali, he confessed that multiplied the legacy other. And this year one of the many forgeries used by thieves, umyknuvshie sketch of the prison Rikerz Island. About
or attached fake stapler against the wall instead of the original. But the substitution quickly noticed - very much struck by the difference between the two figures ...
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Spain starts trial of Catherine Perry - wife of former private secretary to the famous Spanish artist Salvador Dali. (2004)
Secretary himself - John Peter Moore, will not sit on the dock, as the experts have determined he signs express dementia, RIA Novosti.
Catherine Perry, who participated in all the affairs of her husband, is accused in the assassination of intellectual property and fraud in large-scale, reflected in a broad sell counterfeit works of Dali.
Prosecutor calls for her 11 years in prison and payment of 486 thousand euro compensation Foundation Gala-Salvador Dali, who recently declared the sole holder of the hereditary rights of the artist.
According to prosecutors, known by the pseudonym "Captain" Moore, a former British intelligence officer who became a friend Dali and was responsible for its overseas links, after his death using his position for unlawful private gain. "
In particular, Moore and his wife were given for the original imitations of works by Dali, the production of which they have developed a massive scale. In Switzerland alone, at their request had been made more than six thousand reproductions of paintings that were sold as original of his works.
However, Moore argues that the mass production of fakes has been established during the life of the artist with his knowledge and consent.