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O'KEEFFE v. SNYDER

170 N.J. Super. 75 (1979)

405 A.2d 840

GEORGIA O'KEEFFE, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. BARRY SNYDER, D/B/A PRINCETON GALLERY OF FINE ART, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT, v. ULRICH A. FRANK, THIRD-PARTY, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided July 27, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Roger A. Lowenstein argued the cause for appellant (Messrs. Lowenstein, Sandler, Brochin, Kohl & Fisher, attorneys).

Mr. David A. Friedman argued the cause for respondent Barry Snyder, d/b/a Princeton Gallery of Fine Art (Messrs. Ridolfi and Friedman, attorneys).

Mr. Thomas C. Jamieson, Jr. argued the cause for Third Party respondent Ulrich A. Frank (Messrs. Jamieson, McCardell, Moore, Peskin and Spicer, attorneys).

Before Judges FRITZ, BISCHOFF and MORGAN.

The opinion of the court was delivered by MORGAN, J.A.D.

Three small oil paintings by plaintiff Georgia O'Keeffe, a living American artist of worldwide renown, were stolen from a New York gallery owned by her husband, Alfred Stieglitz, in 1946 by some unknown thief. Their whereabouts remained unknown until March 1976, some 30 years after the theft, when plaintiff discovered them in the possession of defendant Barry...

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