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Thanksgiving is the quintessential New Artists struggle during their lifetime to survive England tradition, and is an opportunity Handcrafted Jewelry financially, to gaintorecognition, and role to leave a recognize the important farms and by Emily Hirsch & Artisan Gallery farmers play in our community. Learn how meaningful and long-lived legacy.
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only personal and real property, but also the November 2020 | The South Coastremainder Insider of their body of work that can span decades. Generally, it is left up to the artist’s family to preserve their work and legacy after their death. Depending on the success of the deceased artist during their lifetime,
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their artwork and pretty much anything associated with their art practice – letters, papers, documents, and more – can have
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Gnarly Vines Farm (gnarlyvinesfarm.com) varying value. Sometimes an artist’s body has found its place in the South Coast on of work is not recognized until their page 12. Photo by Meredith Brower. death, partially since their death was the event that finally created the interest they were seeing throughout their lives and careers. The myths of an artist’s work greatly increasing after their passing persists as does the myth of their solitary struggle in their garrets. But what about the struggles of their survivors? How do they go about assessing the worth of their dearly departed artist’s estate? The most important part of the estate is the work itself – large quantities of it.
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An artist who enjoyed the freedom of financial independence because of a successful career may leave their heirs instructions on how to manage their estate. But what of those who do not? I spoke to several experts in this area
