Zinaida Evgenievna SEREBRIAKOVA
1884–1967, Ukraine/France/Russia

Portrait of woman performed in chalk, signed "Serebriakova -32", 45x29,5 cm. The painting submitted for sale at a major auction house in Stockholm. The staff at the auction house suspected that the painting was a forgery and contacted the police who took the painting seized for further investigation. After an expert investigation emerged that the painting was a forgery.