Pekka HALONEN
1865–1933, Finland
Also known as: PH
Signatures & monograms
26 signatures and monograms by Pekka Halonen on painting and watercolour. Compare authentic and documented counterfeit examples to study signature characteristics.

Signature proven counterfeit
Oil on canvas, boat on the beach, signed "P. Halonen," dated 1914, 23x35 cm. Ostensibly depicting a genuine painting by the Finnish artist Pekka Halonen. The painting is clumsily executed, there is a copy of Halonen's original which is in a larger format. The painting was sold for Euro 9500. The painting is part of one of the many cases of fraud, the police seized during the late 1990s and early 2000s in Finland. After an expert assessment and judgment declared that the painting is not genuine. It is a forgery.

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Oil on canvas, winter landscape, signed "PH-10", 23x35 cm. The painting is part of a large seizure of counterfeit art in Ostrobothnia in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Finland. After an expert assessment and judgment declared that the painting is not genuine. It is a forgery.

Signature proven counterfeit
gouache on cardboard, Portrait of a sick boy, signed "P. Halonen," dated 1914, 35x49,5 cm. Ostensibly depicting a genuine painting by the Finnish artist Pekka Halonen. Technique and design does not match compared to Halonen's way of painting. It was sold twice for Euro 3.360 and Euro 6.730. The painting is part of one of the many cases of fraud, the police seized during the late 1990's and early 2000s in Finland. After an expert assessment and judgment declared that the painting is not genuine. It is a forgery.

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