Oh, this seems to be a blatant violation of the copyrights of the
original artist. (only the artist can determine who gets to do a
derivative work)  Your transparency of the work is for your use only and
I assume was made with the artist's permission.  If he wants to
reproduce a painting that is under copyright he needs to contact the
artist.

I have, in the past, been requested to find an artist who would be
willing to "enhance" another artist's work (i.e., paint over parts of it
to suit the painting's new owner) and have flatly refused to recommend
anyone for that kind of job, plus have taken the opportunity to explain
copyrights to the caller.

Julia Muney Moore
Public Art Administrator
Blackburn Architects, Indianapolis, IN
(317) 875-5500 x230
 

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Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 3:42 PM
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Copying Paintings

Has anyone ever gotten the request for a transparency to be used to 
reproduce a painting?  We just did from the artist commissioned and I 
just heard from the person who hired him.  The guy likes the painting 
and wants it copied for his personal use only.  For a number of 
reasons, among them that the work is still under the artist's 
copyright, I find this odd.  I would appreciate feedback and 
experiences with this type of request.

Thank you.

Gail

Gail Kana Anderson
Assistant Director/Curator of Collections
Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art
The University of Oklahoma
555 Elm Avenue
Norman, Oklahoma 73019
t. 405.325.1664; f. 405.325.7696

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