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O’Keeffe v. Snyder
Citation:
416 A.2d 862 (1980).
ProfessorTodd Berman
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Facts
In 1946, three small pictures painted by O’Keeffe (the plaintiff) were stolen from an art gallery operated by the plaintiff’s husband. The plaintiff did not report the paintings as missing to anyone, including her husband, because she did not want to upset him. In 1972, the plaintiff finally reported the paintings as stolen to the Art Dealers Association of America, Inc. In 1975, the plaintiff learned the paintings were owned by Ulrich A. Frank and were on display at a gallery in New York. Finally, in 1976, the plaintiff discovered Frank had sold the paintings to Barry Snyder d/b/a Princeton Gallery of Fine Art (the defendant). The plaintiff demanded return of the paintings, but the defendant refused. Frank claims that his parents has possession of the paintings as far back as 1941-1943 (which is factually inconsistent with the plaintiff’s contention of theft in 1946), and then that his parents gave the paintings to him in 1965.
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