File:Playmate Conditioner.jpg

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Description	'American Gothic: Playmate Conditioner', Howard Kottler, 1972 commercial porcelain plate and decal with silver luster glaze 1 x 11 3/4 in. diam. (2.5 x 29.7 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Helen Williams Drutt English
Author or copyright owner	Smithsonian American Art Museum
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2001.9, Online Collection. Immediate source: http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=76365
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Howard Kottler
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	Provide view of late clay sculptural artwork of artist.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	This is a free-use for educational/non-commercial use.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	This is a free use for non-commercial/educational image. Rights information provided.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	Personal, educational and non-commercial use of digital images from our Web site is permitted, with attribution to the Smithsonian American Art Museum, for all images unless otherwise noted.
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Fair Use in [[Howard Kottler]

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

1. This is a historically significant work that could not be conveyed in words.
2. Inclusion is for information, education, and analysis only.
3. Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because it shows a major type of work produced by the artist.
4. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.
5. Personal, educational and non-commercial use of digital images from our Web site is permitted, with attribution to the Smithsonian American Art Museum, for all images unless otherwise noted.

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This is a two-dimensional representation of a copyrighted sculpture, statue or any other three-dimensional work of art. As such it is a derivative work of art, and per US Copyright Act of 1976, § 106(2) whoever holds copyright of the original has the exclusive right to authorize derivative works. Per § 107 it is believed that reproduction for criticism, comment, teaching and scholarship constitutes fair use and does not infringe copyright. It is believed that the use of a picture to illustrate the three-dimensional work of art in question, to discuss the artistic genre or technique of the work of art or to discuss the artist or the school to which the artist belongs on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, qualifies as fair use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, might be copyright infringement. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Playmate_Conditioner.jpg true