Knoedler Art Gallery in N.Y. Sued Over Alleged Fake Works
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The defunct Knoedler Gallery in New York City was sued and accused of selling $37 million in forged paintings.
The buyer, John D. Howard, alleged today in a civil racketeering complaint that in 2007 he paid $4 million for a painting that Ann Freedman, the gallery’s president, said was done in the 1950s by Willem de Kooning. Howard alleges the painting was a forgery done by an associate of Freedman.