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St. Charles Art Dealer Sued Over Missing $103K Toulouse-Lautrec Lithograph
A noted Henri Toulouse-Lautrec lithograph may have been accidentally thrown out or lost, according to the Daily Herald.
State Farm Insurance is suing St. Charles art dealer Alfred DeSimone, alleging negligence in the disappearance of an original lithograph by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, the French artist who is among the most well-known figures of the Post-Impressionist movement, the Daily Herald reports. At the center of the lawsuit is the lithograph of Artistide Bruant Dans Son Cabaret, 1893, which State Farm alleges DeSimone either discarded or lost, according to the Daily Herald. An attorney for State Farm said told the Daily Herald that Thomas Rosensteel of St. Charles purchased the lithograph in 2006 as an investment. The lawsuit, filed this week, states that Rosensteel gave it to DeSimone to store with the agreement that he would pay him a fee as soon as…
