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Does an Artist’s Foundation Have a Duty to Authenticate?

In 1936, the American Sculptor and artist Alexander Calder created a set for Erik Satie’s musical composition Socrate. The set was later destroyed, but in 1976 Joel Thome, a musician, composer and conductor of contemporary music,sought to recreate the set. Calder agreed to the reconstruction by writing on the set plans: “I have looked at [...]
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