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...Chirico contested the suit. He recalled that he had painted a similar picture with the same title back in 1913, but the train smoke in that one had been different. "I painted the smoke in the form of a globe," he said-not in the form of a small cloudlet. Art experts and three former owners of the painting pooh-poohed the distinction. After hearing the evidence, the court handed down its judgment: De Chirico had peevishly denied his own work, must pay costs plus 330,000 lire ($500) in damages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Embarrassment | 2/26/1951 | See Source »

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