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.



Cover

Title

Copyright

Table of Contents

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

Hélène Vandenberghe - Estate of Philippe Vandenberg