This contract establishes an agreement between an artist, Anna Harris, and a commissioner for the artist to create a commissioned artwork. The artist will retain copyright and reproduction rights. The commissioner must provide a nonrefundable deposit upfront before work begins and pay the remaining balance due upon receipt of the completed artwork. If the commissioner requests additional work after completion, the artist will charge $25 per hour.
This contract establishes an agreement between an artist, Anna Harris, and a commissioner for the artist to create a commissioned artwork. The artist will retain copyright and reproduction rights. The commissioner must provide a nonrefundable deposit upfront before work begins and pay the remaining balance due upon receipt of the completed artwork. If the commissioner requests additional work after completion, the artist will charge $25 per hour.
This contract establishes an agreement between an artist, Anna Harris, and a commissioner for the artist to create a commissioned artwork. The artist will retain copyright and reproduction rights. The commissioner must provide a nonrefundable deposit upfront before work begins and pay the remaining balance due upon receipt of the completed artwork. If the commissioner requests additional work after completion, the artist will charge $25 per hour.
This contract establishes an agreement between an artist, Anna Harris, and a commissioner for the artist to create a commissioned artwork. The artist will retain copyright and reproduction rights. The commissioner must provide a nonrefundable deposit upfront before work begins and pay the remaining balance due upon receipt of the completed artwork. If the commissioner requests additional work after completion, the artist will charge $25 per hour.
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Art Commission Contract
This agreement is made the ______ day of ______________, _______ (year) by
and between: Name: _____Anna Harris________ (Artist) Address: ___247 Hayden Burke Lane, Taylorsville, NC 28681 _ Phone: ___828-446-6827_____________ E-mail:_aeodom11@hotmail.com__ and Name:___________________________________________ (Commissioner) Address: ______________________________________________ Phone: ________________ E-mail: _______________________ The parties agree as follows: 1. The Project: Commissioner is commissioning a _______________ _________ by the Artist. Subject matter is _______________________ and the Commissioner understands that the Artist will do his/her best to reciprocate what the Commissioner wants, and that the Artist has a particular and unique style that may influence the commissioned work. 2. Right of Refusal: It is the intent of this contract that the Artist creates artwork for the Commissioner and that the Commissioner will purchase. However, if, after the work is completed, the Commissioner does not wish to purchase any or all of the work, the Commissioner may refuse, on an individual basis, each created artwork. In that case, the Artist will retain the refused artwork and the nonrefundable deposit, free of any claims or interests of the Commissioner, and the Commissioner will owe no additional fees to the Artist. A refusal will not affect the purchase price of other created artworks in this project. If the commissioned work is anything other than a portable work, such as a wall mural or window mural, the Artist will retain the nonrefundable deposit, free of any claims or interests of the Commissioner. 3. Copyright: Artist reserves the common-law copyright to all works commissioned by Commissioner that are created by the Artist, including all reproduction rights and the right to claim statutory copyright. No work may be reproduced by Commissioner without the prior written approval of Artist. 4. Payment Amounts: Fees/selling price will be decided by the parties per individual artwork, with a minimum of $30.00 for each painting. Fee will be based upon canvas size and complexity of completed work, and will be consistent with other comparable works by Artist at the time of sale. Painting sizes will be mutually determined by the Artist and Commissioner. Artist and Commissioner agree that the amount owed to Artist is _______________________.
5. Payment Terms: A nonrefundable deposit of one-third of the selling price
is required before work commences. Payment in full is due upon receipt of artwork(s). In the case of a wall or window mural commission, payment installments will be made as follows: a. One-third nonrefundable deposit required to start. b. Full payment/ remaining balance due upon completion. *if Commissioner decides he/she wants more added to the wall or window commission upon completion by the artist, the Commissioner agrees to pay the artist an amount of $25.00 per hour until the added details are completed. 6. Attorneys Fees: In any proceeding to enforce any part of this contract, the aggrieved party shall be entitled to reasonable attorneys fees in addition to any available remedy. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on the day and year written above.