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- January 11, 2010 at 10:03 pm #6401
There is a steady flow on the market of paintings and drawings that are either attributed to Robert Lenkiewicz, or are sold as copies or “in the style of”. Some are honest works of art that are sold second-hand as being by Robert. Many have labels on the back giving a provenance of the last Estate sale. All are potentially harmful to the name of Robert Lenkiewicz.To show the range of such works, I have added a "Rogue's Gallery" to LBP, in the "Image Gallery", under "Miscellaneous". The 51 pieces added are works that I regard as not being produced by Robert. I may, of course, be wrong and I would be grateful for comments.Contrary to the case with genuine pieces on LBP, sales data are included for the works in the Rogue's Gallery. Those data will be appreciated by potential buyers of Lenkiewicz works, but may not be equally welcomed by sellers of questionable works. The data are included for precisely those two reasons.The copyright for these works lie with the artists that produced them. Any such artist is welcome to contact me if he/she wants me to remove images of his/her works. The artist will need to produce proof that he/she has produced the work/s in question, which is most welcome because knowledge of the identity of the people who produce these pieces would be useful.Well-informed Lenkiewicz afficionados will note the absence of several well-known purported forgeries. Many pieces not included by me may well be forgeries, but if the evidence is inconclusive they have not been added to the gallery. I welcome suggestions for works that YOU think should be in the Rogue's Gallery, so they can be discussed by members of this forum.
January 12, 2010 at 11:41 am #10420Well done, member 555!
January 12, 2010 at 9:06 pm #10421Hear hear!!
January 13, 2010 at 8:54 am #10422And for the terminally lazy, here's the clickable link:http://www.robertlenkiewicz.org/image-gallery/miscellaneous/rogues-galleryGood idea to keep track of these. For some reason or other they give no satisfaction to the buyers, who tend to sell them on shortly after acquiring them. Hmmm... I wonder why?
January 13, 2010 at 1:15 pm #10423I think they'd make a great exhibition! If the artists, vendors and buyers come forward, I'll publish a book.
January 13, 2010 at 3:57 pm #10424It could be jojo's next project with photos of the owners smiling with their paintings and the forgers pictured inset etc. 😀Ps; rogues gallery images are in with all the rest of rol's work when you click 'latest images' - is this a mistake, admin?
January 13, 2010 at 5:57 pm #10425Ps; rogues gallery images are in with all the rest of rol's work when you click 'latest images' – is this a mistake, admin?
'Latest images' is simply a function showing the latest images added to LBP, making no distinction between genuine works, forgeries, or for example photographs of people. Clicking any of the newly added images will take you to its proper place, with the heading:Home » Image Gallery » Miscellaneous » Rogues' GalleryHopefully the arrangement will be clear enough not to mislead people.
January 13, 2010 at 6:11 pm #10426Two more candidates on E-Bay today!
January 13, 2010 at 7:11 pm #10427Two more candidates on E-Bay today!
Candidates added to LBP. But I fear they will be sold anyway.
January 13, 2010 at 7:18 pm #10428I think I prefer the same seller's tiger by David Shepherd:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tiger-Study-20th-Century-Oil-Painting-David-Shepherd_W0QQitemZ170431471982QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_art_Paintings_GL?hash=item27ae81e16eBut you can buy a great variety of other famous artists as well for fifty quid.
January 14, 2010 at 11:43 am #10429The so-called 'Sygun Museum of Wales' are perennial fakers of artists' work. I had a run-in with them last year over another artist. They try to hide a disclaimer of 'attributed to' in the small print to cover themselves legally but this is hopelessly inadequate. I have forgotten the name of the so-called 'curator' who issues the certificate of (in)authenticity but I'll try and find out again. I have now emailed them (I rang but no answer) to warn them, threatening legal action – it's not just a threat. There will always be odd fakes or misattributed works out there (that studio stamp is a real problem) but the serial fakers like the Sygun Museum need to be stopped. If there are any .org members lost in snow in North Wales, can they check out this bunch of chancers? Maybe best look first in the cellar to find the forger.Sorry, here's the link if you want a laugh:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lucinda-Nude-Study-Oil-Painting-Robert-O-Lenkiewicz_W0QQitemZ200427467795QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_art_Paintings_GL?hash=item2eaa687413
January 14, 2010 at 8:50 pm #10430Why do these crooks do it for the sake of a hundred quid?
January 15, 2010 at 12:57 pm #10431Why do these crooks do it for the sake of a hundred quid?
Dunno. Because that's a hundred quid more than the thing is worth in the first place? But some of these are hilarious - I can't help but laugh whenever I see them.Hindu holy man: http://www.robertlenkiewicz.org/image-gallery/miscellaneous/rogues-gallery/possible-self-portraitD'Artagnan: http://www.robertlenkiewicz.org/image-gallery/miscellaneous/rogues-gallery/portrait-r-o-lenkiewiczTime Bandit: http://www.robertlenkiewicz.org/image-gallery/miscellaneous/rogues-gallery/study-man-writingBy the way, why can't we embed pictures any more?
January 15, 2010 at 4:37 pm #10432By the way, why can't we embed pictures any more?
January 15, 2010 at 4:38 pm #10433Why do these crooks do it for the sake of a hundred quid?
You answered your own question there.
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