Ryan O’Neal Sued Over Farrah Fawcett Portrait by Andy Warhol by University of Texas

artwork: Andy Warhol - "Farrah Fawcett", 1980 - Synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen on canvas. Bequest of Farrah Fawcett, 2010 (c) - The Andy Warhol Foundation of the Visual Arts. On view at the Blanton Museum from April 30 through September 4.


AUSTIN, Texas, July 10 (UPI) -The University of Texas has sued actor Ryan O’Neal on the grounds he won’t turn over an Andy Warhol painting of Farrah Fawcett.
The suit contends the late actress, a Texas alum, bequeathed the portrait to the school in her will and that O’Neal has, in effect, stolen it by keeping it after her death in 2009. Ryan O’Neal, the actor, is being sued by the University of Texas over a $30 million (£18.7 million) Andy Warhol portrait of his late partner Farrah Fawcett. “The Warhol portrait is an irreplaceable piece of art for which legal damages could not fully compensate,” the lawsuit states.

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