If you are reproducing the images in the US you should contact VAGA or ARS
in NY, they handle the ajority of artist's right's clearance. 50 years is
now the US standard, 70 in Europe,  and I Ithink 75 in Spain. UK's agency is
PACS.

Artists Rights Society  (ARS) 65 Bleeker Street, 9th floor New York, NY
10012 tel:  (212) 420-9160 fax: (212) 420-9286      contact: Ted
Feder

Visual Artists & Galleries Assoc. (VAGA) 521 Fifth Avenue New York, NY
10017 tel:  (212) 808-0616 fax: (212) 808-0064      contact: Bob Panzer

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> From:         Stephen Nowlin[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent:         Thursday, November 05, 1998 1:50 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Permission to Reproduce
>
> Hi, all -
>
> I'm working on a project with a museum that will be lending numerous
> works from their collection to our gallery.  For the catalogue, they are
> spending a lot of effort trying to track down artists or their estates in
> order to gain permission for reproduction.
>
> I thought that museums held the right to reproduce works in their
> collections.  I've borrowed from other museums and reproduced their works
> in catalogues and never had this issue come up.  Anyone know what the
> copyright law is in these matters?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stephen
>
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