By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell Book
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SDNY COURTHOUSE, Feb 1 – Annamarie Trombetta, an artist, sued Estate Auctions in 2018 for putting on sale a painting falsely attributed to her.
On February 1, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave held a proceeding. Inner City Press covered it.
The painting, entitled "Man with a Red Umbrella," was dated 1972, which Trombetta was only nine year old and not painting.
She asserts that this "low bid priced painting falsely attributed to my name greatly devalues my work."
Judge Cave ordered Trombetta to make a demand on the defendants, with an eye toward settling the long-running case. (Earlier on February 1, Judge Cave told a caller in to another proceeding, Range, Jr. v. OFA Partners LLC et al, 18-cv-05149, that You cannot be on here, it is a settlement conference.)
Ms. Trombetta said the emotional harm of this false attribution of the painting made it difficult for to quickly assign a price or demand.
This case is Trombetta v. Novocin et al., 18-cv-993 (Abrams / Cave)
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