As much as an artist such as Robin Winters is fascinated by Oriental art, his paintings also question the Oriental mystique.
We did it, we did it consciously, I have no qualms about it, and, to my eye, the paintings in question looked differently from show to show".
According to the defendants, the paintings in question are Amedeo Modigliani's "Jeune femme aux yeux bleus," valued at around $2.5 million, and a pastel by Edgar Degas, "La Coiffure," valued at around $1.6 million.
The paintings in question are ones Rothko creates on commission for an up-market New York City restaurant.
The paintings in question are both extraordinary and exist in the same wild Boschian universe.
His gallery opening for the paintings in question was attended by the likes of Miranda Kerr and Kanye West.
So the history goes, the paintings in question were originally confiscated by Nazi authorities from Altmann's uncle, Ferdinand Bloch-Bandr, acquiredired by the state of Austria following German occupation.
Re "Courtroom Paintings Raise Questions on Artist's Method," by Adam Liptak (Sidebar column, Aug. 24): Concerning my work as a legal portraitist, the vast majority of my attorney clients are pleased to collect my courtroom paintings.
On Wednesday afternoon, Sergant was busy working out last-minute installation details -- straightening paintings, answering questions about wall text and marking wall space with blue tape.
However, recent studies of the paint media used in these paintings seem to question the validity of the fresco theory, as most current analyses detect the presence of organic binders.
