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I see the #metropolitanmuseumofart bought their Helene #Schjerfbeck 2 yr ago for like $400k
Now that they have made her a super big time artist, I bet the owners of her late work (1920-1930s) are very $ happy.
https://auctionet.com/en/2109510-schjerfbeck-helene-the-lace-shawl-signed-oil-on-canvas
The page doesn't say the #MMA bought it, but that painting is the only Helene they own, The Lace Shawl

Wikipedia page on her MANY 😄nice paintings, but also mentions there are many #artforgeries of her work
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helene_Schjerfbeck

Hyperallergic: Can an Artist’s DNA Help Detect Forgeries?. “Scientists working with the nonprofit Leonardo da Vinci DNA Project, for which I provide legal advice as an intellectual property attorney, have been collaborating for a decade on developing methods to do non-invasive testing of the works of Leonardo and other artists to assemble a ‘biome profile’ that would identify the artist.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/16/hyperallergic-can-an-artists-dna-help-detect-forgeries/

Spotted a fair quantity of fake 1920s–30s wood engravings by contemporary forger Earl M. Washington (now in prison) at a shop in Dearborn, MI, priced at $50–125. He'd been at it for decades & first attracted negative attention from the Escher estate
japecake @japecake #fakes #forgeries #artforgeries