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The Art Newspaper Outs Buyers of Rosales Works from Knoedler

November 21, 2013 by Marion Maneker

Delving into the court papers from the five suits against Knoedler, The Art Newspaper republished Knoedler’s list of buyers who acquired Rosales works:

Murray and Kay Bring, bought a Diebenkorn, Untitled, 1972, for $94,000 on 9 December 1997. Knoedler paid $60,000

Michel Cohen acquire a Sam Francis, Untitled, 1957. Knoedler bought the work for $5,000 in 1999

Domenico and Eleanore De Sole, from New York, bought a Rothko, Untitled, 1956, for $8.3m through James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, in December 2004. Knoedler paid Rosales $950,000.

Larry Evans bought a Diebenkorn, Untitled (Ocean Park), 1972, for $82,500 on 9 November 1994. Knoedler paid Rosales $47,500.

Jaime Frankfurt bought a Franz Kline, Untitled, 1956, “for a client” for $3.375m on 10 July 2008. Koedler paid Rosales $1.25m

Bea and Phil Gersh, from Beverly Hills, bought a Rothko, Untitled, 1959, for $360,000 in October 1997. Knoedler paid Rosales $150,000.

Richard Gilson bought a Diebenkorn, Untitled, 1972, “for John Hannon” for $148,000 on 17 February 1998. Knoedler paid Rosales $54,000.

Michael Hilti, from Liechtenstein, bought a Rothko, Untitled, 1956, for $5.5m in November 2002. Knoedler paid Rosales $775,000.

John D. Howard, from New York, bought a De Kooning, Untitled, around 1956-57, for $3.5m on 19 June 2007. Knoedler paid Rosales $750,000.

Mr and Mrs David Howe, from New York, bought a Motherwell, Spanish Elegy, 1953, for $350,000 in March 2000. Knoedler paid Rosales $90,000.

The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri bought a Franz Kline, Untitled, around 1957, for $475,000 in August 1999. Knoedler paid Rosales $250,000.

Crosby Kemper, Kemper Museum of Art, bought a Diebenkorn, Untitled (Ocean Park), 1972, for $110,000 on 3 July 1997. Knoedler paid Rosales $30,000.

Dr Bernard Kruger, bought a Diebenkorn, Untitled (Ocean Park), 1976, for $95,000 on 1 February 1994. Knoedler paid Rosales $50,000.

Pierre Lagrange bought a Pollock, Untitled, 1950, for $15.3m in November 2007 through Jamie Frankfurt. Knoedler paid Rosales $950,000.

Jack and Fran Levy, from Palm Beach, bought a Rothko, Untitled, 1959, for $615,000 in October 1999. Knoedler paid Rosales $155,000; two Clyfford Still works, Untitled, 1947, for $600,000 in March 1998 (Knoedler paid Rosales $250,000) and Untitled, 1947, for $500,000 in December 2000 (Knoedler paid Rosales $300,000); a Franz Kline, Untitled, around 1953, for $560,000 in January 1999. Knoedler paid Rosales $315,000.

Manny Silverman Gallery in Los Angeles, bought a Clyfford Still, Untitled, 1947, for $850,000 in June 2000. Knoedler paid Rosales $250,000.

Masterson Gurr Johns Inc in Switzerland, bought a Rothko, Untitled (Orange, Red and Blue), 1959, for $7.2m through the agent Urs Kraft on 30 April 2008. Knoedler paid Rosales $4.6m

Hughes and Sheila Potiker, from La Jolla, California, bought a Franz Kline, Untitled, not dated, for $535,000 in June 1997. Knoedler paid Rosales $300,000.

Michelle Rosenfeld of Michelle Rosenfeld Gallery, in Ramsey, New Jersey, bought a Rothko, Untitled, 1959, for $325,000 in July 1998. Knoedler paid Rosales $155,000.

Mr and Mrs Jon Sandelman, from Boca Raton, bought a Franz Kline, Untitled, 1955, for $900,000 in March 2000. Knoedler paid Rosales $375,000.

Donna Schwartz bought a Warhol, Untitled, 1964, for $30,000 in 1999. Knoedler paid Rosales $20,000.

Elizabeth Schwartz bought a Sam Francis, Untitled, 1957, for $148,500 in 2004. Knoedler paid Rosales $55,000.

Jay Shidler, from Honolulu, bought a Lee Krasner, Untitled, 1949, for $1m in February 2007. Knoedler paid Rosales $80,000.

Jay H. Shidler II, from New York, bought a Motherwell, Spanish Elegy, 1953, for $2.2m in March 2006. Knoedler paid Rosales $475,000.

Gerald Solomon, of Solomon & Company Fine Art, New York, bought a Rothko, Untitled, 1959, for $320,000 in June 1998. Knoedler paid Rosales $170,000.

Nicholas and Jenny Taubman, from Roanoke, Virginia, bought a Clyfford Still, Untitled, 1949, for $5m in November 2005. Knoedler paid Rosales $600,000.

Harvey and Frances White, from Cardiff by the Sea, California, bought a Pollock, Untitled, 1949, for $3.1m in April 2000. Knoedler paid Rosales $670,000.

Jack Wright, of Wright Gallery, bought a Sam Francis, Untitled, 1957, for $150,000 in 1999. Knoedler paid Rosales $95,000.

The “Nordrhein-Westfalen Museum” was offered a Barnett Newman, Untitled, 1949, through Oliver Wick, for $18m, but the work was “not yet sold”. Knoedler paid Rosales $1m.

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