Tony Tetro

Tony Tetro

Tony Tetro (b. 1950, Fulton, New York State) was the sometimes considered the world's greatest art forger in the 1970's and 1980's. In a career spanning over 30 years, Tetro forged works by old and contemporary masters in every genre. From Chagall to Rembrandt to Dali to Rothko. Tetro's works were regularly passed off as legitimate works in museums, galleries, and auction houses around the world. Los Angeles District Attorney Ira Reiner called Tetro, "the single largest forger of art works in America." In 1989, Tetro was convicted of art forgery in a show trial in Los Angeles. He was released from jail in 1994. Currently he executes master copies for an exclusive list of elite clients from his studio in Southern California.

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* [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/61015050.html?dids=61015050:61015050&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+20%2C+1991&author=PAUL+DEAN&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=1&desc=An+Artist+of+Talent+and%2C+Some+Say%2C+Genius%2C+Tony+Tetro+Is+Charged+With+Forging+the+Works+of+Chagall%2C+Miro%2C+Dali.+But+He+Claims+Only+to+Be+.+.+.+The+Repro+Man LA Times Article]
* [http://tonytetro.com/_wsn/page6.html Official web page]
* [http://www.pixi.com/~hicatt/chapter7.html Great Dali Art Fraud by Lee Catterall]
* [http://www.scpr.org/programs/pacificdrift/listings/2005/07/20050731.html Pacific Drift Radio Profile]


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