(1) "Art dealer" means an individual, partnership, firm, association or corporation, other than a public auctioneer, that undertakes to sell a work of fine art created by another.
(2) "Artist" means the creator of a work of fine art or, if the artist is deceased, the artist’s personal representative, heirs or legatees.
(3) "Consignee" means an art dealer who receives and accepts a work of fine art from a consignor for the purpose of sale or exhibition, or both, to the public on a commission or fee or other basis of compensation.
(4) "Consignment" means delivery of a work of fine art to an art dealer for the purpose of sale or exhibition, or both, to the public by the art dealer at other than a public auction.
(5) "Consignor" means an artist or any person who delivers a work of fine art to an art dealer for the purpose of sale or exhibition, or both, to the public on a commission or fee or other basis of compensation.
(6) "Fine art" means:
(a) An original work of visual art such as a painting, sculpture, drawing, mosaic or photograph;
(b) A work of calligraphy;
(c) A work of original graphic art such as an etching, lithograph, offset print, silk screen or other work of similar nature;
(d) A craft work in materials including but not limited to clay, textile, fiber, wood, metal, plastic, glass or similar materials; or
(e) A work in mixed media such as a collage or any combination of the art media described in this subsection. [1981 c.410 §1; 1985 c.830 §1]
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