Washington University Libraries
Department of Special Collections
Manuscript Division

LOAN AGREEMENT FORM


EXHIBITION:

[specify title, location(s), inclusive dates of loan].

 

 

LENDER:

Name:

 

Address:

 

 

Contact person (with telephone at work and home):

 

Exact form of lender's name for catalog, labels, and publicity:

 

ITEM TO BE LENT:

Author/artist (with dates, if known):

 

Title or description, including publication information (if appropriate):

 

Lender's call number or accession number:

 

Date of item:

 

For art work, location of date (if any):

 

For art work, form and location of signature (if any):

 

Medium/material and support:

 

Dimensions of item alone (height, width, depth, weight):

 

Dimensions of item with mat, frame, or base, if any (height, width, depth, weight):

 

Condition, noting existing breaks, tears, scratches, abrasions, paint losses, other insecurities or defects in the work (if necessary a separate sheet of paper can be attached to form):

 

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:

For art work, may borrower:

reframe or remat? (yes/no)              substitute plexiglas for glass? (yes/no)

 

Date by which loans are to reach the borrower (borrower will be in contact with lender regarding shipping arrangements);

 

Other instructions for packing, transport, and installation

(if necessary a separate sheet of paper can be attached to form):

 

INSURANCE (see Legal Conditions, stated below);

Does lender prefer to maintain insurance? (yes/no);

 

If yes, state the estimated premium to be charged to borrower;

 

If no, state the insurance value (fair market value) in U.S. currency.

 

PHOTOGRAPHS AND REPRODUCTIONS

Unless permission is declined here, it is understood that this item may be photographed, videotaped, telecast, and reproduced for publicity purposes connected with this exhibition and for illustrations in the catalog and other publications, and that slides of it may be made and distributed for educational use:

 

May borrower reproduce item:

in the catalog? (yes/no)     for publicity? (yes/no)       for educational purposes? (yes/no)

 

Which of the following are available from the lender:

black and white photographs? (yes/no)          color transparencies? (yes/no);      

slides, postcards, or other reproductions for public sale? (yes/no)

 

Does lender hold exclusive copyright? (yes/no)

Iif no, whom might borrower contact to acquire reproduction rights?

 

LEGAL CONDITIONS OF THE LOAN AGREEMENT

  1. Washington University in St. Louis, University Libraries (the "Borrower") will exercise the same care with respect to the object referred to on the reverse (the "work") as it does in the safekeeping of comparable property of its own.
  2. The work shall remain in the possession of the Borrower and/or the other institutions participating in the exhibition for which it has been borrowed (the "participating institutions") for the time specified on the reverse, but may be withdrawn from such exhibition as any time by the Director of Trustees of the Borrower and/or of any of the participating institutions. The work will be returned only to the Lender at the address stated on the reverse unless the Borrower is notified by the Lender in writing to the contrary. If the legal ownership of the work shall change during the duration of the loan, whether by reason of death, sale, insolvency, gift or otherwise, the new owner or agent may, prior to its return, be required to establish this legal right to receive the object by proof satisfactory to the Borrower.
  3. Unless the Lender chooses to maintain insurance, the Borrower will insure the work on a wall-to-wall basis under a fine arts policy for the amount specified above by the Lender against all risk of physical loss or damage from any external cause while in transit and on location during the period of this loan. The Borrower's fine arts policy contains the usual exclusions for loss and damage to the work due to wear and tear, gradual deterioration, insects, vermin, inherent vice, damage resulting from any repairing, restoration, or retouching process, nuclear reaction, radiation or radioactive contamination, and risks of war and that, in the event of loss or damage, recovery shall be limited to such amount, if any, as may be paid by the insurer, hereby releasing the Borrower, each of the participating institutions, and the Trustee officers agents and employees of the Borrower an of each of the participating institutions from liability for any and all claims arising out of such loss or damage.
  4. If the Lender chooses to maintain insurance coverage, then, prior to the shipment of the work the Borrower must be supplied with a certificate of insurance naming the Borrower and each of the participating institutions as an additional insured or waiving subrogation against the Borrower and each of the participating institutions. If the Lender shall fail to supply the Borrower with such a certificate, this loan agreement shall constitute a release of the Borrower and of each of the participating institutions from any liability in connection with the work. The Borrower cannot accept responsibility for any error or deficiency of information furnished to the Lender's insurer or for any lapses in coverage.
  5. It is understood that the Borrower will not unframe, clean, restore, or otherwise alter the work without the express consent of the Lender. Evidence of damage to works in transit or while in the Borrower's custody will be reported immediately to the Lender.
  6. The Borrower's right to return the work shall accrue absolutely at the termination of the loan. If the Borrower, after making all reasonable efforts and through no fault of its own, shall be unable to return the work within sixty days after such termination, then the Borrower shall have the absolute right to place the work in storage, to charge regular storage fees and the cost of the insurance therefore, and to have and enforce a lien for such fees and cost. If, after five years, the work shall not have been reclaimed, then, and in consideration for its storage, insurance, and safeguarding during such period, the work shall be deemed an unrestricted gift to the Borrower.
  7. The Borrower accepts this agreement on the understanding that the Lender has full authority to enter into such an agreement as the legal owner of the work or authorized agent of the owner.

THE CONDITIONS OF THIS LOAN AS STATED ABOVE, ARE ACCEPTED:

LENDER

By: ___________________________________Dated: ___________________

______________________________________________
Address, City, State, Zip Code and Telephone

The foregoing loan is accepted on behalf of the University, subject to the terms and conditions heretofore set forth.

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

By: ___________________________________Dated: ___________________

Title: _______________________________________