Legal Records
name: label: Collection Artist
content: Louis, Morris, 1912-1962
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content: Morris Louis and Morris Louis Estate papers
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content: Morris Louis and Morris Louis Estate papers / Series 2: Morris Louis Estate Papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1962-1989
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.louimorr, Subseries 2.3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Legal records contain documentation of the Bernstein v. Brenner lawsuit and trial, including trial notes and preparation notes; correspondence between I.S. Weissbrodt as the Morris Louis Estate lawyer and relevant parties; copies of the settlement contract from the trial; and a court-mandated inventory of the Louis Estate artwork holdings and subsequent records of whereabouts, sales, and transfers. 

Correspondence with I.S. Weissbrodt spans 25 years and includes notes to and from Marcella Brenner regarding sale of Morris Louis artwork, issues as they arose, gallery contracts and agreements, deeds of gift records, and other legal documents. 

Documentation of the Bernstein v. Brenner lawsuit is incomplete.