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Lagrange v. Knoedler Gallery

Lagrange v. Knoedler Gallery, No. 11-cv-8757 (S.D.N.Y., filed Dec. 1, 2011); settled in 2012.

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This subsequently settled 2011 lawsuit brought by art collector Pierre Lagrange against the Knoedler Gallery in New York was the first of several legal actions against the once-prominent gallery and its former president Ann Freedman for allegedly knowingly selling high-priced forgeries. According to this and other suits, those forgeries were supplied to Knoedler by Glafira Rosales, who is currently under federal investigation.

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