Tennis icon John McEnroe and a Washington, D.C., foundation are the real owners of an abstract expressionist masterpiece an unscrupulous gallery owner sold twice, a Manhattan Commercial Division judge has ruled.

Justice Shirley Werner Kornreich (See Profile) ruled McEnroe and the foundation's claim to Arshile Gorky's 1943 "Pirate II," was superior to that of art dealer Joseph Carroll who said he traded two paintings with the now-incarcerated dealer Lawrence Salander.

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