pre-1978 copyright

If we have a work of art by an American artist published in the U.S. in 1945, and it has no copyright notice on it nor was it registered or renewed with the copyright office, is there anyway that this work can be protected by copyright today?

Thanks to all.

Bob Panzer
<bigbusie[_at_]aol.com> Received on Mon Oct 19 1998 - 15:07:05 GMT