Danae Art International Inc. v. Stallone

Order of the Su*82preme Court, New York County (Carol Huff, J.), entered on or about January 23, 1990, which, inter alia, denied plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction prohibiting defendants from removing a painting from the State or disposing of it in any way, unanimously reversed, on the law, the facts and in the exercise of discretion, and the motion for a preliminary injunction granted, with costs.

This is an action to recover a painting by Francis Bacon entitled "Oedipus Rex and the Sphinx, after Ingres”. Plaintiffs assert that they purchased the painting, owned by defendant…