Christian Silvain settles imitation claims against Christie’s and Sotheby’s
Belgian artist Christian Silvain reached confidential settlements ending his US copyright suits against Christie’s and Sotheby’s. The actions concerned their sales of works by Ye Yongqing that Silvain alleged imitated his paintings. Photo shows a Sotheby’s sign.
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