Abram Efimovich ARKHIPOV
1862–1930, Russia

Oil on canvas, 40.8 x76,5 cm signed Arkhipov. The painting was seized in a major auction houses autumn auction in Stockholm in 2001. Together with two other paintings, this painting was submitted by an agent for a Russian antique dealer. The auction house's own expert considered that the painting could be a forgery and contacted the police. The painting was confiscated and the police investigation, in consultation with additional experts, showed that it was a forgery. It is a copy with forged signature of Abram Efimovich Arkhipov's original painting" Along the river Oka ", signed and dated 1889, which at this time, can be found at the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow". The district court's assessment: The painting is not painted by Abram Efimovich Arkhipov nor signed by him. It is a forgery and should as such be forfeited.