Street Artist RETNA Sues Heritage Auctions Over Alleged Wrongful Sale

RETNA alleges that his landlord improperly seized works by him as well as artists from Robert Mapplethorpe to Naudline Pierre.

The complaint illustrates three lots that are not complete works but rather “doodles, samples, never meant to be original works of art created by RETNA and/or never meant for public sale.” Moreover, says the complaint, lots are listed as being by RETNA that are actually by artists Melda Erman, Marina Darsalia, or Griff Cowan.