{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-6-15-102","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 6-15-102","heading":"Art dealers and artists - consignment of works of fine art.","body":"(1) Notwithstanding any custom, practice, or usage of the trade or any provision of section 4-2-326 to the contrary, whenever an artist delivers or causes to be delivered a work of fine art of the artist's own creation to an art dealer for the purpose of exhibition or sale on a commission, fee, or other basis of compensation, the delivery to and acceptance of the work by the art dealer is deemed to place the work on consignment and:\n\n(a) Such art dealer shall thereafter, with respect to the work, be deemed to be the agent of such artist;\n\n(b) Such work is trust property in the hands of the consignee for the benefit of the consignor; and\n\n(c) Any proceeds from the sale of the work are trust funds in the hands of the consignee for the benefit of the consignor.\n\n(2) Notwithstanding the subsequent purchase of a work of fine art by a consignee directly or indirectly for the consignee's own account, a work initially received on consignment is deemed to remain trust property until the price is paid in full to the consignor. If the work is thereafter resold to a bona fide third party before the consignor has been paid in full, the proceeds of the resale are trust funds in the possession of the consignee for the benefit of the consignor to the extent necessary to pay any balance still due to the consignor, and the trusteeship continues until the fiduciary obligation of the consignee with respect to the transaction is discharged in full.\n\n(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of the \"Uniform Commercial Code - Sales\", no such trust property or trust funds shall be subject to or subordinate to any claims, liens, or security interests of the consignee's creditors.\n\n(4) An art dealer is strictly liable for the loss of or damage to a work of fine art while it is in the art dealer's possession. The value of the work of fine art is, for the purposes of this subsection (4), the value established in a written agreement between the artist and the art dealer prior to the loss or damage of the work.","path":["Title 6 - CONSUMER AND COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS","Article 15 - Art Transactions","Part 1 - CONSIGNMENT OF WORKS OF FINE ART"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-06.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"358cb3a16410022526f6f5ba2cac38131fcae28db99bf5ef8d2091aae46ff6cd","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-6-15-101","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-6-15-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}