Re: Fine Art Reproductions

On Fri, 2 Apr 1999, Patrick Begos <begos[_at_]ibm.net> wrote:
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> Thanks everyone for filling in my incorrect/missing information on the
> Koons sculpture case.

To add a few more details for Patrick Begos to those already noted by other correspondents on the list:

A report by Constance Hayes, NY Times Service, published in the Toronto Globe and Mail, Sept.28, 1991, stated that Jeff Koons "sent a greeting card that he had bought in an airport gift shop to his workers in Italy, telling them that the sculpture 'must be photo' on the card". Three copies of the resultant scupture sold for a reported $367,000 USD (in total). The photograph was Art Rogers', a photographer in California at the time. The initial federal court ruling (the report I have does not give the circuit) took place in December, 1990, and was then appealed by both sides -- in Rogers' case, because of the matter of damges awarded.

Sincerely,

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 Sun Apr 04 1999 - 03:12:45 GMT