Agreement reached in dispute over paintings
Published November 2nd, 2005
Two paintings appraised at nearly $500,000 are expected to be brought back to Milwaukee from a Connecticut auction house following out-of-court settlement of lawsuits over the status of the artworks.
Attorneys for the Milwaukee School Board and Shannon’s Fine Arts Auctioneers of Milford, Conn., said Monday the board is paying $29,500 to get the paintings back from Shannon’s.The pair of American landscapes by Swedish born artist Birger Sandzen were gifts of the Washington High School Class of 1927.
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