The Artist's Estate

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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. (German edition ISBN 978-3-7757-4132-3)

Cover
On Dealing with Artists' Estates
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
Hé lè ne Vandenberghe - Estate of Philippe Vandenberg
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