Comments on: Renowned Wildlife Artist Creates New Work for Charity http://www.wfpl.org/2009/11/05/renowned-wildlife-artist-creates-new-work-for-charity/ Louisville's NPR News Station Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:21:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gary Arseneau http://www.wfpl.org/2009/11/05/renowned-wildlife-artist-creates-new-work-for-charity/#comment-644 Gary Arseneau Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:21:14 +0000 http://www.wfpl.org/?p=10183#comment-644 November 5, 2009 A Ray Harm original painting reproduced results in reproductions. Reproductions, by definition, are copies of an original works of visual art done by someone other than the artist. Lithographs are original works of visual art "wholly executed by hand by the artist" and "excludes any mechanical and photomechanical processes." In other words, lithographs versus reproductions are not interchangeable, much less the same. With full and honest disclosure, the consumer might be able to give informed consent on whether or not to purchase a Ray Harm reproduction/poster, particularly if someone is asking $5,000 for it. Gary Arseneau artist, creator of original lithographs & scholar Fernandina Beach, Florida SOURCE: U.S. Customs Informed Compliance May 2006 November 5, 2009

A Ray Harm original painting reproduced results in reproductions.

Reproductions, by definition, are copies of an original works of visual art done by someone other than the artist.

Lithographs are original works of visual art “wholly executed by hand by the artist” and “excludes any mechanical and photomechanical processes.”

In other words, lithographs versus reproductions are not interchangeable, much less the same.

With full and honest disclosure, the consumer might be able to give informed consent on whether or not to purchase a Ray Harm reproduction/poster, particularly if someone is asking $5,000 for it.

Gary Arseneau
artist, creator of original lithographs & scholar
Fernandina Beach, Florida

SOURCE: U.S. Customs Informed Compliance May 2006

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