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 President of the Institute of Roman Modigliani arrested for issuing fake certificates of authenticity

ARTinvestment.RU - 16.01.2013, 17:07

President of the Institute of Amedeo Modigliani in Rome Christian Parisot (Christian Parisot) was arrested on charges of fraudulent legalization of the artist for a total of about 6.65 million euros (8.68 million dollars). The detention took place in mid-December of last year: Parisot was placed under house arrest, as well as his alleged accomplice, Italian art dealer Binyapyano Matteo (Matteo Bignapiano). In Italy and Switzerland, police seized a total of 59 works (including 41 Figure, 4 bronze sculptures and one oil painting), which were allegedly issued fake certificates of authenticity.

Parisot was a close family friend of Modigliani, he worked as a secretary at the daughter and heiress of artist Jeanne (1918-1984). The Institute, which he headed, engaged the expertise of works by Modigliani, as well as publication of the catalog of the artist-reason. At the time of arrest, the president of the Institute has published five volumes of the catalog-reason (the first volume was published in 1990, the fifth - six months ago), he had written or co-written by individual persons.
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