Re: Art Gallery Work

On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Zenen Delgado <delgado[_at_]rof.net> wrote:
>
> This is concerning an issue involving the work of an individual as an
> art consultant (sales) for an art gallery.
>
> The situation involves an individual who worked for an art gallery
> as a salesperson. However, during the course of his employment he
> solicited and obtained the artworks of a specific artist to be sold at
> this gallery. Through his efforts (exclusively) the gallery was able to
> represent this artist and to display and sell his art. Correspondence
> was generated and agreements signed which bear his signature and, in a
> couple of instances, the signature of the gallery owner. This
> salesperson actually negotiated with and ultimately pursuaded the artist
> to display at this gallery. The arrangement was also based on the
> relationship that was created between the salesperson and the artist.
>
> The issue seems to be: After leaving the gallery, does this salesperson
> have any right or claim to payments/royalties/commissions/etc. on the
> continued sale of this particular artists' work by the gallery?
>
> Any comments or direction to a source of information that would shed
> some light on this subject will be very much appreciated.

Pray tell - what does this query have to do with copyright, or for that matter any aspect of intellectual property law...??

Cheers,
Bernard Katz, Head, Special Collections and Library Development McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph, Guelph ON Canada N1G 2W1

   and Chair, Ontario Library Association Copyright Action Committee bkatz[_at_]uoguelph.ca // (519) 824-4120 X2089 // FAX: (519) 824-6931 Received on Tue Mar 02 1999 - 18:18:00 GMT