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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Tuesday, July 12, 2011

One of the allegedly forged Motherwell paintings.

Art dealers accused of selling fake Motherwells
New York Post - July 11th, 2011 21:14

Two Manhattan art dealers---formerly with Knoedler Gallery---have been accused of selling fake paintings by abstract expressionist Robert Motherwell, according to the Dedalus Foundation, a group in charge of authenticating the artist's work.

Francesco Guardi's Venice, a View of the Rialto Bridge, Looking North, from the Fondamenta del Carbon was sold to an anonymous bidder for £26.7m at Sotheby's in London.

Guardi fetches record $43m at London auction

A monumental Francesco Guardi painting of Venice’s Rialto Bridge sold in London last Wednesday for almost £27 million ($43 million), the highest amount ever paid at auction for a work ...

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