As used in this chapter:
1.“Artist” means the creator of a work of fine art or, in the case of multiples, the person
who conceived or created the image which is contained in or which constitutes the master
from which the individual print was made.
2.“Art merchant” means a person who is in the business of dealing, exclusively or
nonexclusively, in works of fine art or multiples, or a person who by the person’s occupation
claims or impliedly claims to have knowledge or skill peculiar to such works, or to whom
such knowledge or skill may be attributed by the person’s employment of an agent or other
intermediary who by occupation claims or impliedly claims to have such knowledge or skill.
The term “art merchant” includes an auctioneer who sells such works at public auction, and
except for mu
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As used in this chapter:
1. “Artist” means the creator of a work of fine art or, in the case of multiples, the person
who conceived or created the image which is contained in or which constitutes the master
from which the individual print was made.
2. “Art merchant” means a person who is in the business of dealing, exclusively or
nonexclusively, in works of fine art or multiples, or a person who by the person’s occupation
claims or impliedly claims to have knowledge or skill peculiar to such works, or to whom
such knowledge or skill may be attributed by the person’s employment of an agent or other
intermediary who by occupation claims or impliedly claims to have such knowledge or skill.
The term “art merchant” includes an auctioneer who sells such works at public auction, and
except for multiples, includes persons not otherwise defined or treated as art merchants in
this chapter who are consignors or principals of auctioneers.
3. “Author” or “authorship” refers to the creator of a work of fine art or multiple or to the
period, culture, source, or origin, as the case may be, with which the creation of the work is
identified in the description of the work.
4. “Counterfeit” means a work of fine art or multiple made, altered, or copied, with or
without intent to deceive, in such a manner that it appears or is claimed to have an authorship
which it does not in fact possess.
5. “Certificate of authenticity” means a written statement by an art merchant confirming,
approving, or attesting to the authorship of a work of fine art or multiple, which is capable of
being used to the advantage or disadvantage of some person.
6. “Fine art” means a painting, sculpture, drawing, work of graphic art, or print, but not
multiples.
7. “Limited edition” means works of art produced from a master, all of which are the
same image and bear numbers or other markings to denote a limited production to a stated
maximum number of multiples, or which are otherwise held out as limited to a maximum
number of multiples.
8. “Master”includesaprintingplate, stone, block, screen, photographicnegative, orother
like material which contains an image used to produce visual art objects in multiples.
9. “Print” means a multiple produced by, but not limited to, such processes as engraving,
etching, woodcutting, lithography, and serigraphy, a multiple produced or developed from
a photographic negative, or a multiple produced or developed by any combination of such
processes.
10. “Proof” means a multiple which is the same as, and which is produced from the same
master as the multiples in a limited edition, but which, whether so designated or not, is set
aside from and is in addition to the limited edition to which it relates.
11. “Signed” means autographed by the artist’s own hand, and not by mechanical means
of reproduction, and if a multiple, after the multiple was produced, whether or not the master
was signed.
12. “Visual art multiple” or “multiple” means a print, photograph, positive or negative, or
similar art object produced in more than one copy and sold, offered for sale, or consigned
in, into, or from this state for an amount in excess of one hundred dollars exclusive of any
frame. The term includes a page or sheet taken from a book or magazine and offered for sale
or sold as a visual art object, but excludes a book or magazine.
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13. “Written instrument” means a written or printed agreement, bill of sale, invoice,
certificate of authenticity, catalogue, or any other written or printed note, memorandum, or
label describing the work of fine art or multiple which is to be sold, exchanged, or consigned
by an art merchant.