IFAR - International Foundation for Art Research

This is a brief excerpt from the document you requested from IFAR’s Art Law & Cultural Property Database.

Case Summary

Educational Resources > Art Law and Cultural Property > Case Law and Statutes > Art Theft (Other than World War II and Cultural Property Looting) > Case Summary

Malanga v. Chamberlain

Malanga v. Chamberlain, 2010 NY Slip Op 52147(U) (Sup. Ct. King’s County, Dec. 10, 2010), aff’d by 71 AD3d 644 (App. Div., 2d Dep’t., Mar. 2, 2010).

Print this Page

Case Summary

Case Details / Image

Précis
In this New York state case, Andy Warhol’s former assistant, Gerard Malanga, sued the artist John Chamberlain to recover an artwork entitled 315 Johns, which was assembled from 315 eight-inch square silkscreen panels depicting Chamberlain’s face, that Malanga claimed to have created, but which Chamberlain said Warhol . . .

Associated Legal Decision(s)

Associated Statutes and/or Legislation

New York Statute - Civil Practice Law and Rules § 214, [Statute of Limitations], Actions to be Commenced within Three Years . . . to recover chattel

Click here to subscribe to IFAR's Art Law & Cultural Property Database to access this and other documents about U.S. and international legislation and case law concerning the acquisition, authenticity, export, ownership, and copyright of art objects.