TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Success Kit

Contracts and Negotiation
Oral Contracts
Letter Contracts
Standard Provisions
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Using the Negotiation Checklists
The Visual Artists Rights Act

How to Use the Forms

1. Contract for the Sale of an Artwork Form
2. Contract for the Sale of an Artwork with Moral Rights and Resale Royalty Rights Form
3. Invoice for the Sale of an Artwork Form
4. Contract to Commission an Artwork Form
5. Contract to Create a Limited Edition Form
6. Contract for Receipt and Holding of Artwork Form
7. Artist-Gallery Contract with Record of Consignment and Statement of Account Form
8. Contract to Create a Video for Transmission, Cassette Sales, or Cassette Rentals Form
9. Contract for the Rental of an Artwork Form
10. Contract for an Exhibition Loan Form
11. Artist's Lecture Contract Form
12. Licensing Contract to Merchandise Images Form
13. Release Form for Models Form
14. Property Release Form
15. Application for Copyright Registration of an Artwork Form
16. Permission Form
17. Contract with an Independent Contractor Form
18. License of Rights Form
19. License of Electronic Rights
20. Commercial Lease
21. Sublease
22. Lease Assignment
Selected Bibliography
About The Author
Other Books By Tad Crawford
Index

Praise for Business and Legal Forms for Fine Artists

"Business and Legal Forms for Fine Artists is a long-needed book of succinct information and comprehensive contracts and forms." - The Artist

"Tad Crawford has compiled a useful handbook, which contains nearly everything a visual artist could need regarding the legal aspects of the creation, selling, and reproduction of her or his work." - FYI

"The book gives a solid foundation for the working artist who wants to protect his rights, and it supplies the forms to do just that." - Stained Glass

"This book by Tad Crawford has been called 'The Success Kit for Fine Artists,' and every artist who ever plans to sell a work of art must have one." - Manhattan Arts

About The Author

Tad Crawford has served as Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for the Community of Artists, General Counsel for the Graphic Artists Guild, and legislative counsel for artists' groups fighting for artists' rights. He is a contributing editor for Communication Arts magazine and has taught at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Crawford, President and Publisher for Allworth Press in New York City, which he founded in 1989, studied economics at Tufts University, graduated from Columbia Law School, clerked on New York State’s highest court, and represented many artists and arts organizations when he actively practiced as an attorney. He has authored more than a dozen books on business and art, including The Artist-Gallery Partnership (with Susan Mellon), Legal Guide for the Visual Artist, The Secret Life of Money: How Money Can Be Food for the Soul. The legal affairs editor for Communication Arts Magazine, he has written articles for magazines such as Art in America, Glamour, Harper's Bazaar, Lapis, The Nation, New Age Journal, and Self. He has also appeared as a guest on numerous television and radio programs. He lives in New York City.