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‘Grand Theft Brancusi’: Collector Claims He Was Tricked Into Selling Sculpture, Sues Philadelphia Lawyer For $200M

VISUAL Posted: July 19, 2019 6:03 am

“In a lawsuit filed this week in New York State Supreme Court, Manhattan collector Stuart Pivar, a one-time friend of Andy Warhol, says he was swindled out of a 1920 cast of the sculpture [Mademoiselle Pogany II] by John H. McFadden, a Philadelphia lawyer, arts patron, and scion of a prominent Main Line family.” As Pivar puts it, “Philadelphia lawyer hornswoggles savvy New York collector out of $100 million. That’s my story.” – The Philadelphia Inquirer

VISUAL Published: 07.18.19

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