Anita SNELLMAN
1924–2006, Finland
Also known as: AS

Signature proven counterfeit
Verdict of guilty
T/199502/047_7090/R/52/91
Oil on cardboard, Blue flowers, monogram signed "ASA", 21,5 x21, 5 cm. Ostensibly representing a genuine painting by the Finnish artist Anita Snellman. The painting is included in one of the many cases of fraud, police seized during the late 1990s in Ostrobothnia in Finland. This was the first time that the art had been tampered with to such an extent. After the expert investigation and judgment explained that this painting was not authentic. It was a forgery.

1951
Signature considered genuine

1955
Signature considered genuine

1956
Signature considered genuine

1956
Signature considered genuine

1964
Signature considered genuine

1965
Signature considered genuine

1981
Signature considered genuine

1983
Signature considered genuine
Name
SNELLMAN
Birth
1924
Died
2006

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