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Oregon Revised Statutes Education and Culture § 359.200

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

As used in ORS 359.200 to 359.255:

(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.

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