A federal lawsuit alleges a Greenwich man engaged in “statutory theft” by refusing to return a Jackson Pollock artwork reportedly worth $175,000.

The lawsuit, filed July 22 in U.S. District Court in Connecticut, alleges “The Collage” was created by the famed artist in 1943 and was purchased from a New York art gallery in 1978 by Mary Mochary, the mother of California plaintiff Matthew Mochary.