In this artwork, how is the 2012 lawsuit discussed?
On January 18, 2012, a suit was filed in Manhattan in New York State Court in a case related to two earlier federal cases. The suit alleges both lack of consent and fraudulent misrepresentation of the painting's condition. The suit was for $14 million, including $10 million in punitive damages. 93-year-old Jan Cowles claims that in 2008 her son, New York art dealer Charles Cowles, transferred a version of Girl in Mirror to Larry Gagosian for sale without her consent. The suit claims that Gagosian fraudulently claimed the painting was damaged and sold it between August and December 2009 for $2 million, while charging a $1 million commission, rather than sell at or above the $3 million low estimate for a negotiated commission of $500,000. As a result of the edition shown during the summer 2008 "Roy Lichtenstein: Girls" exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery, at one point the gallery was in possession of two editions of Girl in Mirror, one of which was damaged. The intake notes for the Cowles version indicate no damage and Gagosian's international marketing of the work was consistent with the undamaged condition.
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