Picasso said: “good artists borrow, great artists steal.” Or maybe he took the phrase from someone else. [2] In this case, the artist was Richard Prince, not the musician Prince. Original photograph by Patrick Cariou (left); Work by Richard Prince (right)Per usual for SCOTUS cases, there was a long and winding road to the top court. Between 1984 and his death in 1987, Warhol created a total of 16 variations in his Prince series. In litigation, the case ping-ponged from the district court (ruling for Warhol) to the appeals court (ruling for Goldsmith), then finally went to the Supreme Court.

Source: New York Times June 28, 2023 22:45 UTC