Art Dealer Admits Selling Fake Picasso for $2M
Three years ago, Los Angeles art dealer Tatiana Khan sold a 1902 pastel by Pablo Picasso for $2 million. She told the buyer it had come from the family of famed publisher Malcolm Forbes and was in fact worth far more. Only problem was the painting was a fake. In fact, federal authorities say Khan paid an art restorer $1,000 to paint a copy of the painting called “La Femme au Chapeau Bleu,” or “The Woman in the Blue Hat.” Now, the 70-year-old from West Hollywood could be off to prison. Via AOL News.
Tags: art crime, art fraud, Art Law, painting crimes
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