A former auctioneer has pleaded guilty to selling fake Jean Michel-Basquiat paintings, the Department of Justice said Tuesday.
The entrance to an exhibit by artist Jean-Michel Basquiat is seen at the Orlando Museum of Art on June 1, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. A former Los Angeles auctioneer has pleaded guilty in a cross-country art fraud scheme where he created fake artwork and falsely attributed the paintings to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.
In 2012, Barzman and a second man, known as"J.F.," began making the counterfeit artworks and selling them on eBay and through Barzman's auction business."[Barzman] and J.F. agreed to split the money that they made from selling the Fraudulent Paintings," the DOJ said."J.F. and [Barzman] created approximately 20-30 artworks by using various art materials to create colorful images on cardboard.
The fake artwork Barzman sold passed through the art industry and made its way to an exhibit in the Orlando Museum of Art.
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