German criminals employed by the Munich police stole 30 works of art from the 2016 auction, all of which they claim are forgeries. They are trying to challenge the authenticity of the same with false forensics.
One of them is the work of a collection for which (among other proofs of authenticity) I also have letters from the author’s sister, in which she unequivocally confirms that these are the works of Stevan Živadinović -Vane Bor.
The work of art “Dadaist Rhapsody in Blue” is first on the list from the above-mentioned letter by Seve Ristic (from 1990) and is one of the works that the Germans seized from Mr. Šaronjic on that occasion.
All remaining works listed in the same letter are my property.
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Dear Mr.Bralic
You have expressed a wish for me to add more information regarding the paintings of my brother Stevan Zivadinovic (Vane Bor), in which you are personally interested. I can only tell you the information that my brother sent us in a letter from February 3, 1984. And here is how things stand for you: 1. Oil painting on canvas, 1926, 25.2×19.5cm. “Dadaist Rhapsody in Blue”, To sister Ševa in memory of Vane Bor 1926. Then under 2. Woodcut in color from 1929. “Players on the Shore”, 20.6×14.7, and under 3. Graphics in copper-etching and watercolor 2/06. 4, from 1929. “Centipede”, signature – Vane Bor, 19,2x12cm
As for the other paintings, they were all either subsequently signed or reworked during the 1960s and 1970s. . The collage “Minotaur” and “MARIA DE LA CONCEPCION” with damaged collage leaves and the image of a girl, was created completely in 1937,, while the signature on the back was written in the seventies. The collage is 31.7×36.4 cm in size. Other six paintings: “Two walnuts or lemons, 33.5×24.3 cm. Lavish ink on paper,” Man in space oil on cardboard from 1927, 29.8×26.4 , “Man in a hat” oil on canvas on cardboard 25, 8×22,5cm. “A man in a red forest or a girl, oil on cardboard 22.1x 28.2cm, and two small canvases without frames, oil paint and ink, were really conceived before the war, based on the words of V. Bor, later refined at the request of the author.
If I have been of help to you and that you will understand the work of V. Bor even better, I sincerely greet you.
Ševa Ristić
P.S. As a curiosity, I note that I received this typewriter as a gift from Rad. Noje Živanovic 1937
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1) “Dadaisticka rapsody in blue” 1926
2) “Dancers on the shore” 1929
3) “Centipede” 1929
4) “Minotaurus” 1937
5) “Two nuts or lemons”
6) “Man in space” 1927
7) “Man in hat”
8) “Man in red forest or girls”
9) Without a title
10) Without a title
To be continued!