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Perry Rubenstein, 63, was also ordered to pay $1.1 million in
restitution to Ovitz and a second victim, Michael Salke,
according to a spokesman for the Los Angeles County District
Attorney's Office.
Rubenstein pleaded guilty in March to two counts of grand theft
by embezzlement in connection with the sale of art by Takashi
Murakami and Richard Prince.
Prosecutors say that in 2012 Rubenstein sold a Murakami art on
behalf of Salke but failed to turn over all of the proceeds to
him.
The following year, Rubenstein sold two Prince paintings for
Ovitz but never turned over the money to his client, according
to prosecutors.
An attorney for Rubenstein could not immediately be reached for
comment on Monday.
The Los Angeles Times reported that Rubenstein was a
high-profile art dealer in Manhattan before moving to the West
Coast, where celebrities such as rocker Neil Young and artist
Shepard Fairey attended the opening of his new gallery.
Ovitz, 70, helped found Creative Artists Agency in 1975 and
served as president of the Walt Disney in the late 1990s.
(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
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