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Watertown Patch.com, MA
Oct 5 2012
Watertown's Armenian Museum Will Keep 4 of Kevorkian's Paintings, Give
Up the Rest
The Armenian Library and Museum of America reached a settlement in the
legal dispute with the family of the late-assisted suicide activist.
By Charlie Breitrose
Four of Dr. Jack Kevorkian's paintings will remain at the Armenian
Library and Museum of America in Watertown after a deal was reached in
the legal dispute with the family of the late-assisted suicide
advocate.
The museum had 17 of Kevorkian's pieces, which had received from
Kevorkian in 1999, before he served a prison sentence for assisting in
a suicide, according to an article in The Detroit News. Kevorkian died
in July 2011 at the age of 83.
On Thursday, attorney Mayer Morganroth - the executor of Kevorkian's
estate - told The Detroit News that the Armenian Library and Museum of
America will keep four paintings and 13 paintings will be returned to
Kevorkian's estate for the benefit of his heir, a niece who lives in
Troy, Mich. The case was being heard in Boston Federal Court by U.S.
District Judge Mark Wolf.
Kevorkian said before his death that he wanted the artwork to go to
his niece, Morganroth told the Detroit News.
The estate tried to sell the paintings as part of an auction of
Kevorkian's personal belongings and received bids of $100,000, but the
sales were not completed because of the uncertainty over the ownership
of the artwork.
Morganroth said he expects the painting to eventually be offered for
sale at art galleries, according to the Detroit News.
http://watertown.patch.com/articles/watertown-s-armenian-museum-will-keep-4-of-kevorkian-s-paintings-give-up-rest
Oct 5 2012
Watertown's Armenian Museum Will Keep 4 of Kevorkian's Paintings, Give
Up the Rest
The Armenian Library and Museum of America reached a settlement in the
legal dispute with the family of the late-assisted suicide activist.
By Charlie Breitrose
Four of Dr. Jack Kevorkian's paintings will remain at the Armenian
Library and Museum of America in Watertown after a deal was reached in
the legal dispute with the family of the late-assisted suicide
advocate.
The museum had 17 of Kevorkian's pieces, which had received from
Kevorkian in 1999, before he served a prison sentence for assisting in
a suicide, according to an article in The Detroit News. Kevorkian died
in July 2011 at the age of 83.
On Thursday, attorney Mayer Morganroth - the executor of Kevorkian's
estate - told The Detroit News that the Armenian Library and Museum of
America will keep four paintings and 13 paintings will be returned to
Kevorkian's estate for the benefit of his heir, a niece who lives in
Troy, Mich. The case was being heard in Boston Federal Court by U.S.
District Judge Mark Wolf.
Kevorkian said before his death that he wanted the artwork to go to
his niece, Morganroth told the Detroit News.
The estate tried to sell the paintings as part of an auction of
Kevorkian's personal belongings and received bids of $100,000, but the
sales were not completed because of the uncertainty over the ownership
of the artwork.
Morganroth said he expects the painting to eventually be offered for
sale at art galleries, according to the Detroit News.
http://watertown.patch.com/articles/watertown-s-armenian-museum-will-keep-4-of-kevorkian-s-paintings-give-up-rest