Cady Noland Log Cabin

The cady noland sculpture log cabin blank with screw eyes and cafe door memorial to john caldwell is cady nolands only outdoor sculpture to date and is an integral part of stonescape.

Cady noland log cabin. Art dealers strike back at artist cady noland in an increasingly philosophical legal dispute about a restored sculpture. 12th december 2016. This is not an artwork noland said in the handwritten note. Cady noland log cabin a us district court judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a collector who agreed to pay 14 million for a massive cady noland installation that the artist then disavowed.

Cady noland has developed quite the reputation as a control freak over the ownership and presentation of her artwork. Noland is suing the collector wilhelm schurmann who bought log cabin soon after it was made. Shortly after the sale noland says she was informed about the replacements to her work for the first time. Noland learned of the transaction and the restoration and on july 18 2014 sent mueller a fax of a handwritten note disowning the work saying the log cabin with new logs was simply that and not a work of art by cady noland which would effectively render it valueless.

Kow gallery of berlin which displayed the work in a 2011 exhibition. In july of 2014 the conserved log cabin was sold by galerie michael janssen to ohio collector scott mueller for 14 million. Lawsuit over cady nolands log cabin dismissed but the question remains if the work can still be considered authentic after the artist allegedly disavowed it. Art advisor and dealer chris d.

Artist cady noland refuses to give up her legal fight over the restoration of her disavowed log cabin sculpture.