| Court rules Park Soo-keun's painting genuine |
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A Seoul court on Wednesday ruled that a prominent painting by a deceased Korean artist is genuine, but vindicated a local magazine that raised allegations of forgery, settling a mystery that had plagued the Korean art world for nearly two years, Yonhap News reported.
The Seoul Central District Court said the painting, titled "A Wash Place," by the late Park Soo-keun (1914-1965) "appeared genuine" and overruled Seoul Auction's defamation suit against the magazine Artrade for raising doubts about the painting's authenticity in December 2007. "Although the painting appears to be genuine, it was reasonable for the magazine to question its authenticity," the court said.
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