Forged painting sold at Palm Beach Modern Auctions as Albert Kotin's painting. "The resale of fakes is a persistent and growing problem without a good solution, say collectors, dealers, artist estates and law enforcement agencies. Although the Federal Bureau of Investigation can seize forgeries in criminal cases, these represent only a tiny portion of the counterfeit art that is circulating." - NYTimes.com
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2014
Forgery
Sold by Palm Beach Modern Auctions
Sold by Palm Beach Modern Auctions
November 30, 2013.
The work is listed and advertised
on the World Wide Web as:
Large Albert Kotin Triptych
created by Albert Kotin
signed; dated 1960
American; canvas
signed; dated 1960
American; canvas
The Estate of Albert Kotin asserted that the painting
is NOT by Albert Kotin
The name originally applied to fine art prints created on IRIS printers in a process invented in the late 1980s but has since come to mean any inkjet print. It is often used by artists, galleries, and print shops to denote high quality printing.
is NOT by Albert Kotin
The Triptych is not an original work of art.
The work is a GICLEE sold by Palm Beach Modern Auctions.
It has no relation to the artist, Albert Kotin
Giclee is a term coined in 1991 by printmaker Jack Duganne
The name originally applied to fine art prints created on IRIS printers in a process invented in the late 1980s but has since come to mean any inkjet print. It is often used by artists, galleries, and print shops to denote high quality printing.
Correct works by Albert Kotin
Albert Kotin, Inca, 1961
Albert Kotin, Predators, 1951.
Exhibited in the "9th St." Exhibition
Albert Kotin, Untitled, 1954
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| Albert Kotin, Moment of Flight |
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| Albert Kotin, Untitled, 1951 |
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| Albert Kotin, Untitled, 1950 |
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| Albert Kotin, Predators, 1951 Exhibited in the "9th St." Exhibition |
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| Albert Kotin, Downbeat, 1954 |
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| Albert Kotin, Westerly, 1957 |
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| Albert Kotin, Inca, 1961 |
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| Albert Kotin, Untitled, 1964 |
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| Albert Kotin, Head, 1968 |
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| Albert Kotin, Testigos, 1968 |
There is no similarity between the original works of Albert Kotin and
the giclėe disseminated in Internet advertising by the Palm Beach Modern Auctions
as the work of Albert Kotin
The Triptych is not an original work of art.
The work is a GICLÉE sold by Palm Beach Modern Auctions
has no relation to the artist, Albert Kotin
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