Jan SCHOONHOVEN
1914–1994, Netherlands
Also known as: JJS
Mixed media oil papier-mache relief, title: Modell E, signed the "Jan 1986", 69,5x69,5 cm. The artwork (along with another two) was on sale at a major auction houses Modern Quality autumn 2011 cataloged as a genuine work by the Dutch artist Johannes Jacobus "Jan" Schoonhoven. When the catalog was published received the auction house amounts of e-mails and phone calls that these works are probably fakes. The auction house withdrew the artworks and contacted the police who took the artworks seized for further investigation.
Mixed media oil papier-mache relief, title: Modell F, signed the "Fred? Jan Schoonhoven 3/30 1986", 70x70 cm. The artwork (along with another two) was on sale at a major auction houses Modern Quality autumn 2011 cataloged as a genuine work by the Dutch artist Johannes Jacobus "Jan" Schoonhoven. When the catalog was published received the auction house amounts of e-mails and phone calls that these works are probably fakes. The auction house withdrew the artworks and contacted the police who took the artworks seized for further investigation.
Mixed media Oil papier-mâché reliefs, title: Floor slab, signed "Jan Schoonhoven 89", 70x70 cm. The work of art (along with another two) was for sale at a major auction houses in autumn 2011 cataloged as a genuine work by the Dutch artist Johannes Jacobus "Jan" Schoonhoven. When the catalog was published received the auction house amounts of e-mails and phone calls that these works are probably fakes. The auction house withdrew the artworks and contacted the police who took the artworks seized for further investigation..