{"id":8772,"date":"2013-10-30T16:24:58","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T16:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/blog\/?p=8772"},"modified":"2024-02-21T06:14:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T11:14:32","slug":"calders-heirs-accuse-trusted-dealer-of-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2013\/10\/calders-heirs-accuse-trusted-dealer-of-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Calder&#8217;s Heirs Accuse Trusted Dealer of Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A friendship between sculptor Alexander Calder and his gallery representative Klaus G. Perls turned the two men into \u201cfamily.\u201d\u00a0 Unfortunately, the tight bond was recently shattered when Calders\u2019 heirs claimed fraud. \u00a0According to them, Perls withheld tens of millions of dollars from the sculptor, sold quite a few fakes (even though he had a solid reputation for riding the market of Calder forgeries), and cheated taxes by hiding millions of dollars in a Swiss bank account.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/10\/30\/arts\/design\/alexander-calder-estate-sues-heirs-of-klaus-g-perls.html?pagewanted=2&amp;tntemail0=y&amp;_r=1&amp;emc=edit_tnt_20131029\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Calder and Perls\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/JP-CALDER-articleInline.jpg\" width=\"171\" height=\"190\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/10\/30\/arts\/design\/alexander-calder-estate-sues-heirs-of-klaus-g-perls.html?pagewanted=2&amp;tntemail0=y&amp;_r=1&amp;emc=edit_tnt_20131029\">Calder&#8217;s Heirs Accuse Trusted Dealer of Fraud<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A friendship between sculptor Alexander Calder and his gallery representative Klaus G. 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