03-03-2016 22:00 via theartnewspaper.com

How an art forger avoided jail

Un Vrai Faussaire (a real faker) is the title of a new French documentary by Jean-Luc Leon about the art forger Guy Ribes, who made paintings modeled on works by Picasso, Chagall and Matisse, among others, and later avoided a prison sentence by collaborating with police to identify his fakes in sale catalogues.
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