7/15/09

Art Dealer Lawrence Salander Arrested for Art Scam

Art dealer Lawrence B. Salander was arrested again for his role in what Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau called the biggest art scam in New York history, Bloomberg reported. Manacled and grimacing, the 60 year art dealer, who at his peak counted hedge-fund managers and tennis star John McEnroe as clients, pleaded not guilty in criminal court this afternoon. Five hours earlier he surrendered to Morgenthau’s office in lower Manhattan.

The new charges add three counts against Salander to the 100-count indictment presented in March — and introduced a new bold-faced name to the criminal case. Morgenthau said Salander and Morse repeatedly sold works by Robert De Niro Sr., an abstract expressionist painter who died in 1993, without informing his son, the actor Robert De Niro, or remitting proceeds.

Below are paintings by Robert De Niro Sr.

Robert De Niro Sr painting: Guitar Case
Robert De Niro Sr painting

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