Re: American Gothic

On 5/22/2000, Robert panzer <bigbusie[_at_]aol.com> wrote:
>
> Regarding the various inquiries in licensing Grant Wood's "American
> Gothic, here are the facts:
>
> VAGA (for which I am executive director) represents the Estate of
> Grant Wood. The Art Institute of Chicago owns the painting. Through
> a unique agreement, VAGA and The Art Institute control rights in the
> art together. The Art Institute clears all editorial uses (articles
> about the art or illustrative uses in books) and VAGA clears all
> commercial uses (advertising, promotion, merchandise, etc.).
>
> VAGA also represents copyrights and related right for a few thousand
> other American and Foreign artists and estates of artists.

There is one fact that is not explicit in Mr Panzer's statement.

Was copyright actually secured and registered (and later renewed) as required by the 1909 Act for 'American Gothic', a work frequently published without notice of copyright proprietorship for many years after its creation in 1930. If so, what are the dates of the original and renewed copyright registrations?

William Glover
The Granger Collection
New York, NY
wmglover[_at_]granger.com Received on Tue May 23 2000 - 15:26:23 GMT