High Court rules on Christie’s sale of disputed Odalisque
In Avrora Fine Arts v Christie’s the court held that the painting offered as a work by Boris Kustodiev was not authentic under the auction warranty. Image from the 2005 Christie’s catalogue, which recorded the attribution disputed in court.
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