Pierre Lagrange, a Briton accuses American gallery Knoedler & Co in the fact that in 2007 she sold him a fake painting by Jackson Pollock

The building is closed down Knoedler Gallery in Manhattan
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Just a few days ago after the sudden closure existed 165 years of Manhattan gallery Knoedler & Co, Pierre Lagrange (Pierre Lagrange), co-founder of London-based GLG Partners Inc., sued the gallery and its former director Ann Friedman (Ann Freedman), accusing the institution to sell him a fake paintings of Jackson Pollock (Jackson Pollock).

According to a statement filed by the plaintiff in federal court in Manhattan in November 2007, La Grange paid $ 17 million per picture "Untitled 1950", which gave out a gallery of work of Pollock.

When in 2010, Lagrange turned to auction houses Sotheby's and Christie's, wanting to sell the work, both companies refused to cooperate with him because of doubts about the authenticity of paintings. Then the LaGrange case has attracted the kind of consulting company, which last November concluded that the picture is actually - a fake.

«Allegations that the work of a fake, completely unfounded, "- said, in turn, Kathleen Blomquist (Kathleen Blomquist), spokesman for the gallery closed down. She also assured that the closure of Knoedler & Co has nothing to do with the claim of Lagrange. Gallery, founded in 1846 by Michael Knodlerom (Michael Knoedler), closed on November 30, and the reason for its closure of the owners is not specified. In the materials of a lawsuit filed by Lagrange, emphasizes that the gallery was closed for the day after she got the report of the expert to recognize a fake picture.

picture of pseudo-Pollock, purchased Lagrange, was not in existence at the time the catalog-Raisonné of the artist, but the gallery has convinced the buyer that the directory is processed and the new version will definitely include a reproduction of the acquired his work. In fact, says Pierre Lagrange in his claim, no reissue catalog-Raisonné Pollock was not planned, and the lack of jobs in the current edition was the reason for the auction house refused to take it to the auction.

Pierre Lagrange, requires that the gallery reimburse him for the work received 15.3 million dollars (it's LaGrange paid 17 million, but 1.7 million received as commission brokers), and paid the fine, which was not specified.

The last few months the name of the picture often flickers in the news headlines in connection with other litigation related to fake a painting by Robert Motherwell (Robert Motherwell).

's long history, the gallery Knoedler & Co exhibited in its halls of many important American artists, among whom were representatives of the Hudson River and New York schools. In recent years the gallery presents the work of Milton Avery (Milton Avery), Helen Frankentaler (Helen Frankenthaler) and James Castle (James Castle).

Prepared by Mary Estrova, AI

Source : artinvestment.ru