Hi Dan (and MCN-L) -- I replied to Daniela off list. We did a thorough search for active representatives of the estate and were not able to find anyone who claimed rights. To summarize: the heirs (Stella's nephews) are all deceased and we found no gallery or licensing agency representation of the estate. The next generation was not responsive.
Deborah Wythe Brooklyn Museum deborahwythe at hotmail.com Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 11:47:35 -0400 From: danf1...@gmail.com To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Joseph Stella Daniela, I don't know the answer but at least one museum apparently came to the conclusion that Stella's estate can't be reached since under "rights statement" they refer to one of his pieces as an "orphaned work". http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/352/The_Virgin The executor of Stella's estate was Rabin and Kreuger Gallery. Kreuger died about 50 years ago and Rabin died about 10 years ago. You might be able to get some info by contacting a gallery that reports being a representative of the estate, e.g. http://www.pensler.com/About.htm or a gallery that handling a Stella piece they report being owned by the daughter of one of the executors: http://www.veredart.com/gallery/artist/joseph_stella_the_veiled_lady_the_persian_lady.pdf Good luck, Dan Freidus On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Daniela Trentin <dtrentin at artsmia.org>wrote: > We wonder who owns the rights for Joseph Stella's work. > > The Minneapolis Institute of Arts is publishing a catalogue in early 2014 > entitled *Master Drawings from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts *and we'd > like to include a digital reproduction of the *Pittsburgh Factory > Scene, *1915-20, > pastel and charcoal, part of the MIA's collection in the publication. > Thank you. > -- > Daniela Trentin, Associate Researcher > Department of Prints and Drawings > Minneapolis Institute of Arts > 2400 Third Avenue South > Minneapolis, MN 55404 > dtrentin at artsmia.org > www.artsmia.org > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://mcn.edu/pipermail/mcn-l/ > _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://mcn.edu/pipermail/mcn-l/
