LAWSUIT OVER PICTURE
THE ORIGINAL OR A COPY? PARIS, Afigust 19. Some of the greatest art experts. of Europe will gather hr-the Louvre on September 1 for an exhibition which will be unparalleled in the history of France's greatest museum. On this occasion alongside Leonardo da Vinci’s famous Labelles Ferroniere will be bung another canvas with the same title, which the owner claims to be the original work of Leonardo da Vinci. This canvas, which is valued at £IOO,OOO, belongs to Mrs Andre Hahn, ah American. Mrs Hahn is bringing » law suit for damages against Sir Joseph Duveen, Who declared that her picture was not the original, but a rather po6r copy of the Louvre canvas. As a result of this opinion the Kansas City Art Institute reversed its decision to purchase the picture. .
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18954, 30 August 1923, Page 7
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