[§481F-1]  Definitions.  Whenever used
in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:



"Artist" means the person who created
the image upon the master or created the image which served as a model for the
image which appears on the master.



"Edition" means the aggregate of
prints produced from a single master.



"Hors de Commerce" or words of
similar import means prints in the edition which are so designated by the
artist or printer with the intent of withholding the prints from sale in
commerce at the time the edition is produced.



"Limited edition" means print
multiples produced from a master, all of which include the same image and bear
numbers or other markings to denote the limited production thereof to a stated
maximum number of prints, or are otherwise held out as limited to a maximum
number of prints.



"Master" is used in lieu of and has
the same meaning as a printing plate, stone, block, screen, or similar matrix
which contains an image used to produce a print multiple.



"Print multiple" or "print"
means any print produced in more than one copy by means of engraving, etching,
woodcutting, lithography, serigraphy, or other similar processes or any
combination thereof.



"Proof" means a print in an edition
which contains substantially the same image and which is produced from the same
master as the prints in the related limited edition, but is set aside from and
is in addition to the limited edition, whether or not it is designated as a
proof.



"Seller of print multiples" or
"seller" means a person who is in the business of selling,
exclusively or nonexclusively, print multiples, or a person offering prints for
sale who by the person's occupation holds the person's self out as having
knowledge or skill peculiar to these works, or to whom that knowledge or skill
may be attributed by the employment of an agent or other intermediary who by
occupation represents as having that knowledge or skill.  The term "seller
of print multiples" includes an auctioneer who sells such works at public
auction.



"Signed" means the artist signed the
print multiple by hand to signify the artist's examination and approval of the
print.  "Signed" does not mean the act of leaving an impression of
the artist's name upon the print by any mechanical process.



"Written instrument" means a written
agreement, certificate of authenticity, catalogue, prospectus, advertisement,
circular or any other written memorandum describing a print offered for sale by
the seller. [L 1986, c 194, pt of §2]