hmm...other than copyright, what issues are
there?
if the work of art is in copyright, there is a reason to
say no, not without the artist's permission.
but if the work of art is out of copyright, and someone
wants a reproduction to hang on the wall at home, what's to prevent them, or us?
museum shops sell this kind of thing all the time (reproductions,
calendars, postcards). you can request that they
purchase the reproduction from the shop instead of from you-- as a means
of generating more income to the museum's products and confirming how
the image is reproduced (meaning, you know it's part of a
calendar, postcard, or poster, so you don't have to worry about it
being reused or mis'read' as belonging to someone else).
if, however, you get repeated requests for one specific
work, or repeated requests from one client, you might suspect someone is
circumventing another source of reproductions, or something worthy of further
inquiry.
hope that helps, i'm curious as to what others, have to say on the
topic,
best,
ziva haller rubenstein
dept image resources & copyright management
the israel museum, jerusalem
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Wednesday, December 18, 2002 4:11 PM
Subject: Selectivity in granting rights
for reproductions
> I've recently received several requests for
high quality reproductions of
a
> major work of art in our collection
to be hung in private residences.
> Normally, I receive requests for
images to be used in scholarly books or
> journals. Copyright issues
aside, how do, if you do, screen what requests
> are appropriate uses of
the images of works of art in your collections?
Any
> help is greatly
appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sarena Deglin
>
Manager, Office of Rights and Reproductions
> Delaware Art Museum
>
Wilmington, DE
> 302-571-9590 ext.639
> 302-571-0220
fax