Legal Opinion
O'KEEFFE v. Bry
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 8, 1978No. 77 Civ. 2576PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LASKER, District Judge.
For many years during her remarkable and long artistic career, Georgia O’Keeffe employed the services of a commissioned sales agent, Doris Bry. 1 Bry was authorized to sell not only O’Keeffe’s works of art, which include paintings, watercolors, drawings and pastels, but also the photographic works of Alfred Stieglitz, O’Keeffe’s late husband.
After an apparent falling out between the artist and her agent, O’Keeffe terminated the agency (see Exhibit F, Downey Affidavit) and demanded the return of all her works of art, as well as the works of Stieglitz. When Bry refused to…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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