Contract for Sale of Artwork with Moral Rights

Artists, use this customizable template to prepare a sale contract for selling your artwork to a collector.

• The contract contains two payment provisions, either (i) for payment of the full price upon execution of the contract, or (ii) payment in installments.
• The artist retains all moral rights in the artwork, including:
  • the right to be identified as creator of the work,
  • statutory copyright and all reproduction rights,
  • the right to refuse to consent to any modification, alteration, distortion or mutilation of the work,
  • the right to retake ownership of the work if the collector wishes to destroy it.
• The collector will offer the artist the first right to restore or repair the work.
• The artist may borrow the work for non-profit exhibition, and the artist will bear the costs of insurance and transportation of the work for exhibition purposes.
• The collector will pay the artist a resale royalty if the collector sells or otherwise transfers ownership of the work for a profit.
• Available in MS Word format.
• This is a generic contract which can be used anywhere.