{"id":11104,"date":"2014-02-01T13:12:43","date_gmt":"2014-02-01T13:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/blog\/?p=11104"},"modified":"2024-03-15T06:19:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T10:19:58","slug":"ny-artist-sues-over-paintings-lost-at-empire-state-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2014\/02\/ny-artist-sues-over-paintings-lost-at-empire-state-building\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Artist Sues Over Paintings Lost At Empire State Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.law360.com\/ip\/articles\/505109\/ny-artist-sues-over-paintings-lost-at-empire-state-building\">NY Artist Sues Over Paintings Lost At Empire State Building &#8211;<\/a>\u00a0Here is an interesting case involving a commission artist Kysa Johnson received from the owners of the Empire State Building in 1999. \u00a0The abstract works were installed in 2000 and went missing in 2012. \u00a0When Ms. Johnson questioned the current owner they had no idea what happened to them and believe they were destroyed. \u00a0Her suit claims that under the commissioning contract she retained ownership of the works.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is really hard for me to believe that with all the hype the art market has received in recent years that anyone would destroy such &#8216;visible&#8217; works of art. \u00a0The outcome of this case will be very interesting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NY Artist Sues Over Paintings Lost At Empire State Building &#8211;\u00a0Here is an interesting case involving a commission artist Kysa Johnson received from the owners of the Empire State Building in 1999. \u00a0The abstract works were installed in 2000 and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2014\/02\/ny-artist-sues-over-paintings-lost-at-empire-state-building\/?contemporary=N\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[11,9],"class_list":["post-11104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rehs-galleries","category-rehs-contemporary","tag-rehs-contemporary-news","tag-rehs-galleries-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ny Artist Sues Over Paintings Lost At Empire State Building<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2014\/02\/ny-artist-sues-over-paintings-lost-at-empire-state-building\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NY Artist Sues Over Paintings Lost At Empire State Building\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NY Artist Sues Over Paintings Lost At Empire State Building &#8211;\u00a0Here is an interesting case involving a commission artist Kysa Johnson received from the owners of the Empire State Building in 1999. \u00a0The abstract works were installed in 2000 and &hellip; More...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2014\/02\/ny-artist-sues-over-paintings-lost-at-empire-state-building\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rehs Galleries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RehsGalleriesInc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/howard.rehs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-02-01T13:12:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-15T10:19:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Howard L. 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