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Morgan Art Foundation v. McKenzie (Robert Indiana cases)

Morgan Art Foundation v. McKenzie, No. 18-cv-04438 (S.D.N.Y. July 1, 2019).

Morgan Art Foundation et al v. Brannan as Rep. of the Estate of Robert Indiana, No. 18-cv-08231 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 28, 2020).

In re Estate of Robert Indiana, No. 2018-0145(1) (Me. Kno. Cty. Prob. Ct. Sept. 12, 2018).

Thomas v. Brannan, No. CV-19-19 (Knox Co., Maine, Sup. Ct. June 28, 2019).


Précis
The day before American artist Robert Indiana died in 2018, a lawsuit was filed in federal court in New York regarding the handling of his artwork. After his death, competing claims over his work, connected intellectual property rights, and control of his artistic legacy embroiled Indiana’s estate ...






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