Wayne: If this is a reasonably well known artist who can easily be reached via the searches you’ve suggested that could work well for her. However, in case this is a more obscure artist and/or her search using the suggested avenues yields no results, you could consider one more option that still protects the artist’s privacy: with the quilt artist’s permission you could share her contact info with the sculptor in your collection and advise the sculptor as to why she is trying to contact him/her. This gives the sculptor the discretion of either reaching out to the quilt artist, giving you permission to share the sculptor’s contact info with her, or choosing not to take any further steps to allow contact. John E. Coraor On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 9:52 AM Wayne Eldred < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Mark: > > Ive directed her to be in touch with the original artist since we do not > have permission from him to share his personal contact info. Suggested to > her contemporary art catalogues and galleries to search online. > > > Wayne > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 9:28 AM, Mark Janzen > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Wayne, > > In my non-lawyer opinion... > > The intended quilt will arguably be a work of art in itself, and will > itself bear copyright in its final form. > > Generally, artists have the freedom to be inspired by other artist's works > without significant concern of copyright violation. There are exceptions, > such as outright copying or destruction of the other work, as well as a > work which might not reflect well on the other artist's body of work. > > Given that this will be a completely different material format, and not > intended to "copy" or otherwise represent the original work realistically, > the quilt artist will be clear regarding copyright. > > I would suggest nonetheless, that the quilt artist go ahead and contact > the still-living 3-d artist in your collection. I would be surprised if > they were not flattered, and it could be an interesting collaboration. > > Anyone else see a different angle? > > Mark Janzen > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> Virus-free. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> > <#m_8507710767235841339_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 4:00 PM Wayne Eldred < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > need a refresher on copyright / reproduction law... > > a woman wants to make a quilt based on a art piece created in 2011 that > was donated to my museum as unrestricted gift in 2016 by the artist > himself. as far as i know he is still living. it's a 3d sculpture-like > piece. last i remember from grad school copyright is life plus 70 years but > i think that's changes. > > Please advise. > > Thank you. > > Wayne Eldred > Collections Manager > Mattatuck Museum > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L list, click the following link: > https://HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM/scripts/wa-HOME.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1 > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L list, click the following link: > https://HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM/scripts/wa-HOME.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1 > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L list, click the following link: > https://HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM/scripts/wa-HOME.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1 > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L list, click the following link: > https://HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM/scripts/wa-HOME.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1 > -- *John* *John E. Coraor, Ph.D.* Founder & Chief Consultant Cultural Management Partners LLC P.O. Box 1294 Huntington, NY 11743 631-271-3909 [log in to unmask] www.CulturalManagementPartners.com ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).