TELL ME A STORY
May 15, 2022
“I treated these paintings as a client,” the lawyer said. “I believe I could win this case 9 1/2 out of 10 times with a jury. I’m not bragging. I’m just saying the evidence is compelling.” He cited various reports on the paintings and, like De Groft, the Mumford-penned and Basquiat-signed poem that definitively sealed his case. “That poem is so revealing, and Basquiat’s initials are on it,” he continued. “It’s autobiographical, and you can’t make up this stuff; you just can’t.”
Pierce O’Donnell, New York Times February 22, 2022
