New York § 15.13 Construction

New York Statutes

§ 15.13 — Construction

New York § 15.13

Law ACAArts and Cultural Affairs

Title CTransactions Involving Artists and Their Works

Art. 15Sale of Visual Art Objects and Sculptures Produced In Multiples

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N.Y. Arts and Cultural Affairs § 15.13 (2026).

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§ 15.13. Construction.

1.The rights, liabilities and remedies created\nby this article shall be construed to be in addition to and not in\nsubstitution, exclusion or displacement of other rights, liabilities and\nremedies provided by law, except where such construction would, as a\nmatter of law, be unreasonable.\n 2. Whenever an artist sells or consigns a multiple of his own\ncreation, the artist shall incur the obligations prescribed by this\narticle for an art merchant, but an artist shall not otherwise be\nregarded as an art merchant.\n 3. An artist or merchant who consigns a multiple to a merchant for the\npurpose of effecting a sale of the multiple shall have no liability to a\npurchaser under this article if such consignor, as to the consignee, has\ncomplied with the provisions

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§ 15.13. Construction. 1. The rights, liabilities and remedies created\nby this article shall be construed to be in addition to and not in\nsubstitution, exclusion or displacement of other rights, liabilities and\nremedies provided by law, except where such construction would, as a\nmatter of law, be unreasonable.\n 2. Whenever an artist sells or consigns a multiple of his own\ncreation, the artist shall incur the obligations prescribed by this\narticle for an art merchant, but an artist shall not otherwise be\nregarded as an art merchant.\n 3. An artist or merchant who consigns a multiple to a merchant for the\npurpose of effecting a sale of the multiple shall have no liability to a\npurchaser under this article if such consignor, as to the consignee, has\ncomplied with the provisions of this article.\n 4. When a merchant has agreed to sell a multiple on behalf of a\nconsignor, who is not an art merchant, or when an artist has not\nconsigned a multiple to a merchant, but the merchant has agreed to act\nas the agent for an artist for the purpose of supplying the information\nrequired by this article, such merchant shall incur liabilities of other\nmerchants prescribed by this article as to a purchaser.\n 5. When an art merchant or merchant is liable to a purchaser pursuant\nto the provisions of this article, as a result of providing information\nin the situations referred to above in this section, as well as when\nsuch a merchant purchased such a multiple from another merchant, if the\nmerchant or art merchant can establish that his liability results from\nincorrect information which was provided by the consignor, artist or\nmerchant to him in writing, the merchant who is liable in good faith\nrelied on such information, the consignor, artist or merchant shall\nsimilarly incur such liabilities as to the purchaser and such merchant.\n