Paintings by Alexandra Exter sealed in France

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P Nakov (art historian, is Bulgarian father and a Polish mother, but for a long time living in France, the author of books about the Russian Avant-garde), indeed, svyazvno several scandals, in particular, was a history associated with Sotheby's, but I do not remember what happened.

However, in this case, the situation is somewhat different than described in the above article.

Exhibition on Russian avant-garde artist Alexandra Exter were actually closed for 3 days before the scheduled time, and 190 exhibited works sealed.

The reason for this was the lawsuit filed by the prosecutor Andrei Nakov, founder and president of the Association "Alexandra Exter. Nakov asked another expert, who noted that the signature on the exhibited works are very different from the original signature of the artist.

The exhibition was organized by Jean nintsiative Shovlena (possibly also Shovelen spelling, but pronounced Shovlen - I quote the second option, as seen on the forum a transcription), which is also an expert on the Russian avant-garde, and which owns 130 of the sealed work. He was not able to provide them certificates of authenticity. According to him, the paintings were bought by them in Russia 30-40 years ago.