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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Stefano Esposito

Who owns Henry Darger’s artwork and writings? Cook County judge wants more information from potential relatives

A small and incredibly cluttered room belonging to reclusive Chicago writer-artist Henry Darger is seen as it was reassembled and on display at Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art. | AP file

It took almost 50 years for the matter of who legally owns the late Henry Darger’s artwork and writings to end up in court.

It doesn’t appear that the issue will be resolved anytime soon after a brief hearing at the Daley Center on Wednesday.

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