GAULTNEY-KLINEMAN ART v. HUGHES


227 A.D.2d 221 (1996)

642 N.Y.S.2d 265

Gaultney-Klineman Art, Respondent-Appellant, v. Frederick Hughes, as Executor of Andy Warhol, Deceased, Appellant-Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

May 14, 1996


The parties' 1985 contract does not unambiguously make plaintiff's right of first refusal to publish and sell any "New Images" prepared by the artist Andy Warhol in 1986 and 1987 inclusive of the 10 silkscreen images of Western American themes denominated in the agreement as "Images". With respect to its first cause of action based on paragraph 8 of the contract, plaintiff's interpretation that its right of first refusal pertained to any and all works of art created by this...

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