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Art Fraud, Attribution, Authenticity, Forgery, Libel, Defamatory Statements
| Case Name | Date Ended |
Jurisdiction | Object in Dispute | Claims/ Legal Issues |
Decision/ Settlement |
| Andre Emmerich Gallery Inc v. Segre | 2001 | Federal | Calder mobile: White Dots on Red and Blue | Fraud | Confidential Settlement |
| Arnold Herstand & Co. v. Gallery: Gertrude Stein, Inc. | 1995 | State | Balthus(?) drawing: Colette de Profil | Breach of Warranty | Unknown |
| Arthur v. Louis Vuitton North America, Inc. and Arthur v. Museum of Contemporary Art | Pending | Federal | Murakami prints | Fraud | Pending |
| Balog v. Center Art Gallery-Hawaii, Inc. | 1990 | Federal | Purported Dalí Prints and Wall Sculptures | Breach of Warranty | Judgment for Plaintiff(s) |
| Christie's Inc. v. SWCA, Inc. | 2009 | State | Picasso (?) sculpture: Tête Cubiste (Tête de Fernande) | Breach of Contract | Litigated, subsequently settled |
| Claims Against Walter Rosenblum re. Lewis Hine photographs | 2001 | Photographs by Lewis Hine | Authenticity | Settled | |
| Cohen v. Mazoh | 2004 | State | Gentileschi painting: Joseph and Potiphar's Wife | Fraud | Litigated, subsequently settled |
| Cristallina S.A. v. Christie, Manson & Woods International | 1987 | State | Various works including, van Gogh painting: Mas à Saintes-Maries and Cézanne painting The Abandoned House at Tholonet | Fraud | Litigated, subsequently settled |
| Daniel Goldreyer, Ltd. v. Van de Wetering | 1999 | State | Newman painting: Who Is Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue III? | Libel | Settled |
| David Rogath v. Werner E.R. Siebenmann | 1997 | Federal | Bacon (?) painting: Self-Portrait | Breach of Contract | Unknown |
| David Tunick, Inc. v. E.W. Kornfeld and Galerie Kornfeld und Cie | 1994 | Federal | Picasso print: La Minotauromachie | Breach of Warranty | Litigated, subsequently settled |
| Dawson v. G. Malina, Inc. | 1978 | Federal | Chinese Ceramics | Breach of Warranty | Judgment for Plaintiff(s) |
| De Balkany v. Christie Manson and Woods | 1994 | International | Schiele painting: Youth Kneeling Before God the Father | Authenticity | Judgment for Plaintiff(s) |
| E.S.T., Inc. v. Christie's, Inc. | 2001 | State | Carracci painting: Entombment of Christ | Negligence | Confidential Settlement |
| FTC v. Magui Publishers | 1993 | Federal | 32 separate editions of prints marked as Dali | Fraud | Judgment for Plaintiff(s) |
| FTC v. Solomon Trading Co. | 1994 | Federal | Erte prints | Misrepresentation | Judgment for Plaintiff(s) |
| Fastov v. Christie's | 2008 | Federal | Emil Jacob Schindler (?) Landscape: Schloss Thalwitz | Breach of Contract | Judgment for Defendant(s) |
| Firestone & Parson, Inc. v. Union League of Philadelphia | 1987 | Federal | John Ross Key painting: Bombardment of Fort Sumter | Breach of Contract | Dismissed |
| Foxley v. Sotheby's, Inc | 1995 | Federal | Cassatt(?) painting: Lydia Reclining on a Divan | Breach of Contract | Settled |
| Galerie Furstenberg v. Coffaro | 1988 | Federal | Eight Dalí drawings of etchings, including Pegasus or Pegase | Fraud | Dismissed |
| Goldman v. Barnett | 1992 | Federal | 60 paintings, including 12 by Milton Avery | Breach of Contract | Dismissed |
| Greenberg Gallery, Inc. v. Bauman | 1994 | Federal | Calder (?) Mobile Rio Nero | Breach of Warranty | Judgment for Defendant(s) |
| Greenwood v. Koven | 1995 | Federal | Braque (?) painting: Still Life With Pitcher and Guitar | Breach of Contract | Judgment for Plaintiff(s) |
| Gribin v. Hammer Galleries | 1992 | Federal | Laurencin painting: Three Young Ladies | Authenticity | Dismissed |
| Hahn v. Duveen | 1930 | State | Purported Leonardo da Vinci La Belle Ferronière | Slander of Title | Litigated, subsequently settled |
| Kirby v. Wildenstein | 1992 | Federal | Béraud painting: La Rue de la Paix | Disparagement | Judgment for Defendant(s) |
| Kohler v. Leslie Hindman, Inc. | 1996 | Federal | Rosseau (purportedly) painting: The Plains of Meudon | Breach of Contract | Judgment for Defendant(s) |
| Krahmer v. Christie's, Inc. | 2007 | State | Frank Weston Benson painting: Interior | Fraud | Dismissed |
| Kramer v. Pollock-Krasner Foundation | 1995 | Federal | Painting claimed by owner to be by Pollock | Authenticity | Judgment for Defendant(s) |
| Larivière v. Thaw | 2000 | State | Pollock (fake): Vertical Infinity | Breach of Contract | Judgment for Defendant(s) |
| McCloud v. Lawrence Gallery | 2002 | Federal | Picasso (fake) drawing | Jurisdiction | Judgment for Plaintiff(s) |
| Mount v. Ormond | 1991 | Federal | Various works of Sargent | Defamation | Dismissed |
| Nacht v. Sotheby’s Holdings Inc. | Unknown | State | Francis Picabia painting (question of authenticity) | Fraud | Unknown |
| People of the State of New York v. The Antique and Design Center | 2001 | State | 56 counterfeit paintings | Other | Settled |
| Porcella v. Time, Inc. | 1962 | Federal | Article in Life Magazine | Libel | Dismissed |
| Ravenna v. Christie's | 2001 | Federal | Ludovico Carracci Painting Pietà | Negligent Misrepresentation | Dismissed |
| Rosen v. Spanierman | 1999 | Federal | Sargent painting: The Sisters (or Misses) Wertheimer | Fraud | Unknown |
| Seltzer v. Morton | 2007 | State | Seltzer painting: Lassoing a Longhorn | Judgment for Plaintiff(s) | |
| Shaheen v. Stephen Hahn, Inc. | Unknown | Federal | Cassatt (?) pastel: Mother About to Kiss Her Baby | Breach of Warranty | Unknown |
| Simon-Whelan v. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. | Pending | Federal | Self-portrait Andy Warhol (?) | Authenticity | Pending |
| Spanierman Gallery v. Arnold | 1997 | Federal | Two Heade paintings, including Two Hummingbirds and Orchid | Fraud | Dismissed |
| Struna v. Wolf | 1985 | State | Nadelman sculpture | Valuation | Dismissed |
| Thome v. Alexander & Louisa Calder Foundation | 2010 | State | Purported Alexander Calder stage set | Authenticity | Dismissed |
| Thomson v. Christie's | 2005 | International | Houghton Urns | Misrepresentation | Judgment for Defendant(s) |
| Travis v. Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc. | 1982 | State | Tilly Kettle painting: Portrait of the Misses Paine | Negligence | Dismissed |
| United States v. Amiel | 2000 | Federal | Print forgeries allegedly by Miró, Chagall, Picasso and Dali | Fraud | Conviction |
| United States v. Austin | 1995 | Federal | Forged prints by modern artists, including Dali | Fraud | Conviction |
| United States v. Cooperman | 2005 | Federal | Two paintings by Picasso and Monet | Fraud | Conviction |
| United States v. Dewey Lane Moore | 2001 | Federal | 294 artworks of dubious authenticity | Fraud | Conviction |
| United States v. Martinez | 2002 | Federal | 2 drawings by Basquiat (fake) | Fraud | Guilty Plea |
| United States v. Sakhai | 2005 | Federal | Fakes by Gauguin, Chagall and others | Fraud | Guilty Plea |
| United States v. Vitrano; Vitrano v. United States | 2007 | Federal | Falsely attributed works of various artists | Fraud | Conviction |
| United States v. Wiseman | 1994 | Federal | Thousands of fake prints, by Dali and others | Fraud | Conviction |
| Vitale v. Marlborough Gallery | 1994 | Federal | Pollock painting (fake) | Authenticity | Dismissed |
| Vom Lehn v. Astor Art Galleries | 1976 | State | jade and serpentine carvings | Fraud | Judgment for Plaintiff(s) |
| Waller v. Scheer | Unknown | State | Schreyer(?) painting | Fraud | Unknown |
| Weisz v. Parke-Bernet Galleries | 1974 | State | Paintings listed as Dufy | Fraud | Judgment for Defendant(s) |
| Wilson v. Hammer Holdings, Inc. | 1988 | Federal | Purported Edouard Vuillard painting: Femme Debout | Breach of Warranty | Judgment for Defendant(s) |
| Zoellner v. Christie's | 2003 | State | Consul Klep Cover | Fraud | Judgment for Defendant(s) |