Philadelphia Museum of Art Sues Insurer Over Salander Mess

The Philadelphia Museum of Art says AXA Art Insurance refused to honor a $1.5 million claim for two paintings that an art dealer effectively stole or lost. The museum consigned the art to the Salander-O’Reilly Galleries in Manhattan in 2006. The Manhattan district attorney charged the Upper East Side art dealer with 100 counts of fraud a year ago, estimating damages at more than $90 million. The Philadelphia Museum says it consigned “The Harbor” by Maurice Prendergast and “Mountain Landscape” by Arthur B. Davies to the Salander Gallery.

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