Hans GURADZE
1861–1922, Russia/Germany

Sculpture of bronze, Troika, signed "H. Guradze", size 25 cm high. Ostensibly picturing a genuine sculpture of the artist Hans Guradze. The sculpture was seized at an online auction house in Stockholm, Sweden, in June 2015. The staff of the auction house contacted the police and informed that the sculpture is of recent manufacture and are not signed by the artist Hans Guradze. In the interrogation told the owner that the sculpture was a legacy that has always existed in her home. Probably purchased by her father many years before. Court decision: Examination and expert judgment showed that skulpuren was a forgery.