IFARreports

Volume 11, No. 11

November 1990

Fake Matisse: Phony Print Subject of IFAR Study and French Court Case
— Virgilia H. Pancoast
Vanessa Armilhon guilty of selling counterfeit work

Authenticity in Sales: British Art Dealers' Suit Over Munter Decided
— Franklin Feldman
Plaintiff art dealer cannot recover from defendant art dealer; no implied warranty; correction on spelling of plaintiff's name in December 1990 issue.

One of Iowa's Best “Libraries.” In Twenty Years, Alleged Thief Amasses Huge Collection of Stolen Rare Books
— Caroline Goeser
21,000 rare books and 10,000 valuable documents stolen from around the U.S. found in Ottumwa house; Stephen Carrie Blumberg arrested.

Léger Stolen from the Weintraub Gallery: New York, NY
— Margaret I. O'Brien
Deux Fleurs et Élément Mécanique taken in second burglary in two months; gallery owner writes open letter to Mayor Dinkins; New York’s successful Safe, Loft and Truck Squad is disbanded.

Recovered
Paintings, Pastels, Mixed Media Works, Watercolors: Lowery.