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Court rules Park Soo-keun's painting genuine
By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Wednesday ruled a prominent painting by a deceased Korean artist genuine, but vindicated a local magazine that raised allegations of forgery, settling a mystery that had plagued the Korean art world for nearly two years.
The Seoul Central District Court said the painting, titled "A Wash Place," by the
late Park Soo-keun (1914-1965) "appeared genuine."
It overruled, however, Seoul Auction's defamation suit against the magazine
Artrade for raising doubts about the painting's authenticity in December 2007,
holding the auction house responsible for the controversy.
"Although the painting appears to be genuine, the magazine was liable to question
its authenticity," the court said. "Seoul Auction failed to present sufficient
materials to prove the painting's authenticity prior to the auction."
Seoul Auction, one of the two largest art auction houses in Korea, said it was
"satisfied with the ruling" and will not lodge an appeal.
"Our goal was to prove the painting genuine so there is no need for an appeal,"
Choi Yoon-suk of the auction house said.
The authentication of Park's painting received a lot of attention as disputes
broke out shortly after the piece was sold at a record-high price in the domestic
art auction of 4.52 billion won (US$3.8 million) in May 2006.
The following year, magazine Artrade raised the question of authenticity,
claiming the color tones in the oil painting appear different from those in the
original piece printed in Park's Collection that was published in 1995. The
painting's buyer returned the piece to Seoul Auction.
Denouncing the allegation, Seoul Auction filed a defamation suit of 3 billion won
in January 2008, claiming the magazine had damaged its credibility. The auction
house claimed it received the painting directly from American collector John
Ricks who had possessed it for 50 years.
The controversy over the painting's authenticity shook the local art world as it
broke out shortly after a huge painting forgery scandal, in which prosecutors
seized some 2,800 fake paintings of nationally acclaimed painters including Park
and Lee Joong-seop.
It took almost three years for the investigation to prove they were all forged.
hayney@yna.co.kr
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SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Wednesday ruled a prominent painting by a deceased Korean artist genuine, but vindicated a local magazine that raised allegations of forgery, settling a mystery that had plagued the Korean art world for nearly two years.
The Seoul Central District Court said the painting, titled "A Wash Place," by the
late Park Soo-keun (1914-1965) "appeared genuine."
It overruled, however, Seoul Auction's defamation suit against the magazine
Artrade for raising doubts about the painting's authenticity in December 2007,
holding the auction house responsible for the controversy.
"Although the painting appears to be genuine, the magazine was liable to question
its authenticity," the court said. "Seoul Auction failed to present sufficient
materials to prove the painting's authenticity prior to the auction."
Seoul Auction, one of the two largest art auction houses in Korea, said it was
"satisfied with the ruling" and will not lodge an appeal.
"Our goal was to prove the painting genuine so there is no need for an appeal,"
Choi Yoon-suk of the auction house said.
The authentication of Park's painting received a lot of attention as disputes
broke out shortly after the piece was sold at a record-high price in the domestic
art auction of 4.52 billion won (US$3.8 million) in May 2006.
The following year, magazine Artrade raised the question of authenticity,
claiming the color tones in the oil painting appear different from those in the
original piece printed in Park's Collection that was published in 1995. The
painting's buyer returned the piece to Seoul Auction.
Denouncing the allegation, Seoul Auction filed a defamation suit of 3 billion won
in January 2008, claiming the magazine had damaged its credibility. The auction
house claimed it received the painting directly from American collector John
Ricks who had possessed it for 50 years.
The controversy over the painting's authenticity shook the local art world as it
broke out shortly after a huge painting forgery scandal, in which prosecutors
seized some 2,800 fake paintings of nationally acclaimed painters including Park
and Lee Joong-seop.
It took almost three years for the investigation to prove they were all forged.
hayney@yna.co.kr
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