A federal judge in Manhattan has refused to order a shotgun marriage between a renowned artist who developed the iconic “LOVE” sculpturethe one with the letter “O” slanted at an angle and with LO sitting atop VEand an imitation of his 1964 creation that he detests.
Southern District Judge Katherine Forrest (See Profile) said in Tovar v. Indiana, 12-cv-6104, that a “great artist” cannot be compelled to embrace “several pieces of poor art” produced by a “lesser artist” to benefit an art dealer who is stuck with sculptures the ‘great’ one has renounced.
