The College Art Association, which is the professional organization
for academic artists and art historians in the US, published an
article a few years ago that introduces some of the issues.

"Q: I am an artist who uses images of other works of art in my own
creations. What legal risks might I face when using
(&ledquo;appropriating”) artworks made by others in my own?"

http://www.collegeart.org/ip/qa7.html

All the best,

Travis

On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Chris Goodlett
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> Dear List Members:
>
> We recently received a request from an artist to incorporate artwork from artist Paul Sawyier into a project.  She plans to use his original artwork as a reference and essentially reproduce them as part of a public art project.  She isn't using the same medium and, stylistically, the reproductions will be different from the originals. It seems she'll also be very forward in informing the public that her work reproduces/borrows from Sawyier.  The reason this question came to us is that one of the works she's interested in is from our collection.
>
> So, the question is what are the relevant copyright issues here? Does this artist need permission to reproduce this work in such a manner?
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide.
>
> Chris Goodlett
> Curator
> Kentucky Historical Society
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