Torsten ‘T. Wasa’ WASASTJERNA
1863–1924, Finland
Signatures & monograms
3 signatures and monograms by Torsten ‘T. Wasa’ Wasastjerna on painting and watercolour. Compare authentic and documented counterfeit examples to study signature characteristics.
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Verdict of guilty
T/200302/023
Oil on canvas, archipelago seascape, signed "T. Wasa", 50x60 cm. Ostensibly picturing a genuine painting by the Finnish artist Torsten Wasastjerna. The painting is included in one of the many cases of fraud, police seized during the late 1990s in Finland. After the expert investigation and they explained that this painting was not genuine. It was a forgery.