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Center (New Life Center), a residential center for psychiatric
patients, which he and another psychologist founded in March
1989.
The Drawing in Question
During the 1970's, petitioner, who at all relevant times has
had an interest in and enjoyed art, purchased at least six draw-
ings through auctions, galleries, or private sales, including one
entitled “Three Feminine Heads” (drawing in question) that he
purchased during the early 1970's for $1,300 from a gallery in
Washington, D.C., and that had been attributed to the artist
Michelangelo Anselmi (Anselmi). When petitioner acquired those
drawings, he did not intend to sell them. Drawings of the type
that petitioner purchased had often been used by their respective
artists as models for their own paintings, sculptures, and/or
frescos.
Petitioner conducted research throughout the 1970's and into
the 1980's on the drawings that he had acquired during the
1970's.4 As a result of that research, petitioner concluded that
certain drawings of the type that he had purchased either were
not attributed to particular artists or were attributed, as was
subsequently determined was the case with the drawing in ques-
4 For example, petitioner asked certain experts at the National
Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. (National Gallery) to ascer-
tain whether the drawings that he had acquired were structurally
sound, that is to say, whether they were on acid-producing paper,
which would eventually deteriorate. There are inconsistencies in
the record as to when petitioner undertook such research.
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