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Subject: Feel Cheated By Artist

Posted By:  steveland9
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Posted On:  8/9/2007 8:30 AM 30 Replies

I few years back I bought artwork from an artist named Stephanie Gardner...oil on canvas, contemporary aesthetic and ORIGINAL. I paid a goodly amount for it; also, the artist made a big deal about signing a receipt/contract that specified care, potential use in shows, etc.

So imagine my surprise when I found out the same artist now sells print reproductions that look EXACTLYlike this original. I think this is just wrong: it certainly violates the "spirit" of my purchase and, in my mind, is basically art fraud. I bought an ORIGINAL piece, not the first in a series of 400.

A few professional artists I know have been aghast about this... what does everyone else think? Anyone ever have a comparable situation?

Footnote: the "original" has been moved from our living room foyer to a downstairs bathroom (but probably only until my children want to put up a Doodlebops poster or the like! That's how disgusted I am about the whole affair.)

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30 It's for laughs,... Raffs someguy 8/22/2007 5:08 PM
29 Can you translate edur-caeshun ? Raffs 8/22/2007 2:57 PM
28 Art is like a game ? Raffs 8/22/2007 2:44 PM
27 What do want...................? Raffs 8/22/2007 1:52 PM
26 Thank Robert! I enjoyed our debate. David_Baker 8/20/2007 4:01 PM
25 Agreeing is boring someguy 8/20/2007 3:42 PM
24 Sorry Robert, while I respect your view - and your art... David_Baker 8/19/2007 6:29 PM
23 No stray from Steve's origin,... David someguy 8/19/2007 5:38 PM
22 I doubt that I have 'sealed your argument 'Robert.... David_Baker 8/18/2007 3:39 PM
21 You seal my argument,... David someguy 8/18/2007 11:08 AM
20 Printmaking Raffs 8/17/2007 1:34 PM
19 It's an old argument Robert and.... David_Baker 8/16/2007 6:25 PM
18 Dollar Value vs. Human Value and other stuff someguy 8/16/2007 3:48 PM
17 -- No Subject -- basic7b6 8/15/2007 6:31 PM
16 Thanks Robert, an interesting reply as ever! David_Baker 8/15/2007 2:09 PM
15 David,... YOUR use of "painter" is metaphorical someguy 8/15/2007 12:20 PM
14 There is a problem with your 'painters' category Robert.... David_Baker 8/14/2007 2:23 PM
13 The question piliero 8/14/2007 1:24 PM
12 -- No Subject -- piliero 8/14/2007 1:23 PM
11 The Question... someguy 8/14/2007 12:17 PM
10 wow rshryhorczuk 8/14/2007 12:07 AM
9 It's mine,...MINE,...M-I-N-E ! someguy 8/13/2007 4:32 PM
8 oh, I see, David... LVH 8/10/2007 10:29 PM
7 The artist can't always know . . . someguy 8/10/2007 1:48 PM
6 As I understand it the original was in oils on canvas Lad! David_Baker 8/10/2007 4:07 AM
5 you should have been told it was a 1/400 print . .. LVH 8/9/2007 9:11 PM
4 Oops! lauradenhertog 8/9/2007 5:12 PM
3 You still have the 'original' work, but as has been said the artist..... David_Baker 8/9/2007 3:15 PM
2 Interesting perspective, but I disagree... steveland9 8/9/2007 1:36 PM
1 Reproduction rights... hjb 8/9/2007 10:22 AM

 

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