Riss claimed that the work was from the estate of his late father, Heinrich Riss, in Austria. Saleroom can also reveal that the Strøm painting posing as a “Margaret Preston” was shopped around to at least three Australian auction houses last year and that the vendor was a certain “Georg Riss”. Still life with statue and fruit, by Danish artist Gerda Strom (1886-1959), with Margaret Preston’s name applied to it before being auctioned in Sydney. A spurious “Margaret Preston” painting that turned out to be a doctored work by Danish artist Gerda Strøm may be the tip of the iceberg with several other works consigned by the same vendor having sold at auction in Australia.Īfter the “Preston” was revealed as a fraud, Saleroom understands that attention has turned to other works, including some purportedly by Emanuel Phillips Fox and Ethel Carrick Fox, amid fears they have been sourced from small overseas auction houses and rebranded with the names of sought-after Australian artists.
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