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Art Law Keyed to Gerstenblith, 4th Ed.
Hahn v. Duveen
Citation:
234 N.Y.S. 185 (1929)Facts
Mrs. Andree Hahn owned a painting that she claimed was the original “La Belle Ferroniere” by Leonardo da Vinci, which she alleged had formerly been in the Louvre Gallery in Paris. She was in negotiations to sell the painting to the Kansas City Art Museum. Sir Joseph Duveen, one of the world’s most famous art dealers, gave a statement to a reporter from the New York World newspaper declaring that the Hahn picture was not painted by Leonardo da Vinci and that the genuine “La Belle Ferroniere” was in the Louvre (catalog number 1600). Duveen made this statement without having personally examined the Hahn painting. Following Duveen’s public statement, the Kansas City Art Museum terminated its negotiations to purchase the painting. Mrs. Hahn brought suit for slander of title, claiming that Duveen’s statements were false, malicious, made without probable cause, and caused her special damages in the form of the lost sale.
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