"During the inspection, the kind we generally do at museums, something seemed to be amiss, Diego Poglio, the senior officer leading the investigation, told the Guardian. We noticed that only lithographs, posters and drawings by Dali were on display, along with a few statues and other objects, but no paintings or anything of importance. It was difficult to understand why someone would want to organise an exhibition of such low-value works."
"The squad raised its suspicions with the Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation, based in Figueres, Catalonia, which revealed it had never been contacted about the exhibition by its organisers. Poglio said: We found this absolutely strange, because if you want to organise an exhibition of an artist's works, especially such an important one, you can't not go through the foundation which manages the collection."
Italian police seized 21 artworks from a Parma exhibition titled Dali, Between Art and Myth on suspicion they were falsely attributed to Salvador Dalí. The works included drawings, tapestries and engravings and had been on display for only a few days at Palazzo Tarasconi. Doubts arose after a routine January inspection by the Rome unit of the Carabinieri art squad when officers noticed primarily lithographs, posters and drawings and an absence of paintings or major works. The squad contacted the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, which said it had not been consulted; foundation experts reviewed images and Rome prosecutors ordered the seizure.
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