N.Y. Arts and Cultural Affairs Law § 15.10: Information required for sculptures

§ 15.10. Information required for sculptures. 1. The following

information shall be supplied as indicated in a written instrument as to

each multiple produced, fabricated or carved, on or after January first,

nineteen hundred ninety-one:

(a) Artist. State the name of the artist.

(b) Title. State the title of the sculpture.

(c) Foundry. State the name, if known, of the foundry which or person

who produced, fabricated or carved the sculpture.

(d) Medium. Describe the medium or process used in producing the

multiple. If an established term, in accordance with the usage of the

trade, cannot be employed accurately to describe the medium or process,

a brief, clear description shall be made.

(e) Dimensions. State the dimensions of the sculpture.

(f) Time produced. State the year the sculpture was cast, fabricated

or carved.

(g) Number cast. State the number of sculpture casts, according to the

best information available, produced or fabricated or carved as of the

date of the sale.

(h) If the purported artist was deceased at the time the sculpture was

produced, this shall be stated.

(i) Use of master. State whether the sculpture is authorized by the

artist or, if produced after the artist's death, whether it was

authorized in writing by the artist or by the estate, heirs or other

legal representatives of the artist. In the event of a sale after the

initial sale, the art merchant may disclose in writing evidence of such

reasonable inquiries as have been made pursuant to subdivision two of

section 15.15 of this article and any information imparted as may be

relevant in fulfilling the intent of this paragraph.

2. For limited edition sculpture produced on or after January first,

nineteen hundred ninety-one, in addition to the information required to

be provided pursuant to subdivision one of this section, the following

items of information shall also be provided to the purchaser in a

written instrument:

(a) whether and how the sculpture and the edition is numbered;

(b) the size of the edition or proposed edition and the size of any

prior edition or editions of the same sculpture, regardless of the color

or material used;

(c) whether additional sculpture casts have been produced in excess of

the stated size of the edition or proposed edition and, if so, the total

number of such excess casts produced or proposed to be produced and

whether and how they are or will be numbered according to the stated

intention of the artist or a statement that the artist has not disclosed

his intention about the number of additional casts or their numbering.

Additional sculpture casts shall include all casts from the same master

regardless of their color, material or size; and

(d) whether the artist has stated in writing a limitation on the

number of additional sculpture casts to be produced in excess of the

stated size of the edition or proposed edition and, if so, the total

number of such excess casts produced or proposed to be produced and

whether and how they are or will be numbered according to the stated

intention of the artist or the estate, heirs or other legal

representatives of the artist or a statement that the artist has not

disclosed his intention about the number of additional casts or their

numbering. Additional sculpture casts shall include all casts from the

same master regardless of their color, material or size.

3. For copies of sculpture not made from the master and produced

after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-one, in addition to the

information required to be provided pursuant to subdivisions one and two

of this section, the following items of information shall also be

provided to the purchaser in a written instrument:

(a) the means by which the copy was made;

(b) whether the copy was authorized by the artist or the estate, heirs

or other legal representatives of the artist; and

(c) whether the copy is of the same material and size as the master.