Bacon estate launches £100m civil suit against Marlborough
UK: Preliminary proceedings have begun at the High Court in a £100m claim by the estate of Francis Bacon against Marlborough Fine Art (London) and Lichtenstein-registered Marlborough International Fine Art. The estate claims the galleries were in breach of fiduciary duty and exerted “undue influence” in their dealings with the artist.
The estate accuses Marlborough Fine Art, who were Bacon’s dealers from 1958 until his death in 1992 …