Product Description

Essential reading for artists, art dealers, and gallery owners, The Artist-Gallery Partnership: A Practical Guide to Consigning Art offers a unique and thorough discussion of consignment that clarifies all aspects of this crucial art world relationship. The book presents a provision-by-provision explanation of the Standard Art Consignment Agreement, a model contract between artist and dealer suitable for use. The contract is flexible, making it ideal for establishing consignment arrangements that are mutually beneficial. It covers agency, consignment, warranties, transportation responsibilities, insurance coverage, pricing, gallery's commission, promotion, return of art, and much more.

The Artist-Gallery Partnership provides artists and dealers with guidelines for sound business negotiations as well as ideas for resolving disputes. The revised edition contains a new chapter on state consignment legislation, and includes a sample of the Standard Art Consignment Agreement, an inventory sheet/receipt for artworks on consignment, and the texts of the art consignment laws enacted in more than thirty states.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #287221 in Books
• Published on: 1998-05-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 216 pages

Review
"A fine example of a truly practical guide to consignment for the artist or craftsperson. ... The Artist-Gallery Partnership is a practical nuts and bolts guide to drafting your own consignment contract and avoiding the pitfalls of an oral agreement based on a handshake and some vague promises or assumptions." -- The Working Arts

"Aimed at clearing away the misgivings that many artists and gallery owners feel about consignment arrangements. Its focus is a model consignment contract with a point-by-point analysis encompassing everything from pricing and commissions, to a gallery's responsibility for promoting consigned work." -- American Crafts

"Emphasizes the need for artists and galleries to work within a written contractual framework. . . . The Guide deals with the legal and technical complexities of this business relationship in straightforward, understandable terms. . . . The book is ideal for artists wishing to enter the legal zone of the art business with some background." -- Sculptors International

"Handles a complex subject in an easy-to-read style and includes a model contract and analysis of it." -- Arts Management

"[The authors] have compiled almost every word there is to be said on the legal aspects of consignment selling. The book is aimed at clearing away the misgivings and misconceptions which abound on both sides of the fence." -- The Crafts Report

About the Author
Tad Crawford is an attorney, publisher, and author of Legal Guide for the Visual Artist, The Writer's Legal Guide, The Secret Life of Money, and the Business and Legal Forms series of books for fine artists, craftspeople, graphic designers, illustrators, photographers, and authors and self-publishers.

Susan Mellon served as a director of Artist/Craftsmen's Information Service of Washington, D.C., and was active within that organization in the development of the Standard Art Consignment Agreement.

Customer Reviews

Gallerying is not for amateurs
I have a small space for a gallery. This book taught me that running the gallery myself was more involved than I had thought. I will leave the operation itself to a lessee. Essential first step for people who think it would be simple fun to open an art gallery.

A bit too simplistic
Whether you are a gallery owner or artist, I suggest finding a book that goes much more in depth. The Artist-Gallery relationship is much more complex and has many nuances not covered. The artist once again gets the short end of the "stick."

Authoritative and Highly Useful
This book is regarded by many as the "bible" for artists who consign work to galleries. All the pitfalls and potential problems you can imagine are cited here, along with practical, simple advice for making the most of an artist's relationship with a gallery.

Tad Crawford, who has written extensively on the legal and other business aspects of artist practice, has scored again with this great work.