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Case Summary
O’Keeffe v. Snyder
O’Keeffe v. Snyder, 405 A.2d 840 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 1979), rev’d, 416 A.2d 862 (N.J. Sup. Ct. 1980).
Précis
In the mid 1970s, the artist Georgia O’Keeffe sought the return of three paintings on display in the New Jersey gallery of Barry Snyder. The parties disputed whether the works had been stolen or given to a previous owner by O’Keeffe’s husband, the photographer Alfred Stieglitz. . . .
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