Würtenberger The Artist's Estate

A Handbook for Artists, Executors, and Heirs
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-7757-5173-5
Verlag: Hatje Cantz Verlag
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten

Andy Warhol bequeathed us the words “Death can really make you look like a star.” But death per se is not a catalyst for the relevance of an artist. What is of crucial importance is the proper management structure for the posthumous preservation and development of an artistic estate. The handbook by Loretta Würtenberger presents the possible legal framework, appropriate financing models, as well as the proper handling of the market, museums, and academia. Her business, Fine Art Partners, has advised artists and artists’ estates for many years in their structuring and development of estate concepts as well as in operative questions. Based on numerous international examples, the author explains the different alternatives for maintaining an artist’s estate and makes recommendations on how to ideally handle work, archives, and mementos following the death of an artist.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Würtenberger, Dr. Loretta

Würtenberger, Loretta

Weitere Mitwirkende

Würtenberger, Dr. Loretta

von Trott, Karl

Judd Foundation (Rainer Judd), Rainer

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunsttheorie, Kunstphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunstförderung, Mäzenatentum, Auktionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Cover
Title
Copyright
Table of Contents
Interviews
Introduction
I. What Is an Artist’s Estate?
II. How Should Estate Work Begin?
III. In What Forms Can an Artist’s Estate Be Administered?
IV. Who Should Administer an Artist’s Estate?
V. How to Keep an Artist’s Work Alive?
VI. Should an Artist’s Estate Live Forever? Investments, Returns, and the Future
Summary
Michael Baumgartner - Zentrum Paul Klee
Mayen Beckmann - Max Beckmann Estate
Richard Calvocoressi - Henry Moore Foundation
Jerry Gorovoy - Easton Foundation / Louise Bourgeois
David Nash - Gallerist of the Roy Lichtenstein and the Willem de Kooning Estate
Interview with Jack Flam - Dedalus Foundation / Robert Motherwell
Christy MacLear - Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
Rainer Judd - Judd Foundation
Barry Rosen - Eva Hesse Estate
Michael Ward Stout - Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation
Gisela Capitain - Martin Kippenberger Estate
Hélène Vandenberghe - Estate of Philippe Vandenberg

Leseproben

On Dealing with Artists’ Estates

By Loretta Würtenberger and Karl von Trott

Introduction

I. What Is an Artist’s Estate?

1. An Artist’s Estate in the Legal Sense

2. An Artist’s Estate in the Commonly Understood Sense

II. How Should Estate Work Begin?

1. Strategy Development

2. Securing the Oeuvre

3. Categorizing the Stock of Artworks

III. In What Forms Can an Artist’s Estate Be Administered?

1. The Imperative of the Artist’s Will

2. Administering an Estate Privately

3. Administering an Estate in an Institutional Form

4. Considerations in Selecting the Type of Estate Structure

5. Aspects of Nonprofit Status

6. Art, Taxes, and Structural Options for Estates

a) Continental Europe

(1) Germany

(2) Austria

(3) Spain

(4) France

(5) Switzerland

b) United States of America and United Kingdom

(1) Inheritance-Related Laws in the Anglo-American Legal Sphere

(2) Trusts

(3) Foundations and Artist-Endowed Foundations

IV. Who Should Administer an Artist’s Estate?

1. Internal Administration

a) Family Members

b) Third Parties Unrelated to the Family

c) Advisory Bodies and Supervisory Boards

2. External Administration

a) Galleries

b) Auction Houses

c) Museums

(1) Acquisition of an Estate by a Museum

(2) The Dream of One’s Own Museum

(3) The Artist’s Studio as a Place of Remembrance

d) Other Institutionalized Administrators

e) Specialized Service Providers and Independent Estate Administrators

V. How to Keep an Artist’s Work Alive?

1. Scholarly Research

a) The Archive

(1) Archival Organization

(2) Internal and External Custody of the Archive

b) The Catalogue Raisonné

(1) The Historical Development of Catalogues Raisonnés

(2) Standards, Methods, and Costs

(3) Catalogues Raisonnés Compiled during the Artist’s Lifetime

c) Estates and Authentication

d) The Artist’s Estate as a Stimulus for Academic Research

2. Active Collaboration with Museums

a) Initiating Exhibitions

b) Targeted Donations

3. Entering the...