File:All-AmericanMenOfWar89.jpg

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Description

Cover, All-American Men of War #89 (DC Comics, February 1962). Cover art by Jerry Grandenetti. The lower-right panel is the source of Roy Lichtenstein's painting "Jet Pilot".

Source

http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=16698&zoom=4

Article

Jerry Grandenetti

Portion used

Full cover

Low resolution?

yes

Purpose of use

To illustrate the work of the visual artist who is the article's subject

Replaceable?

No free alternative available

Other information

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

  1. It illustrates an educational article about the visual artist.
  2. The image is used as one of the primary means of visual identification of the article topic, an artist, for which an illustrative depiction of the artist's work is necessary for encyclopedic understanding
  3. The image is from a historically significant comic-book cover, which as discussed in the article directly influenced an homage painting ("Jet Pilot") by the highly notable fine-art painter Roy Lichtenstein
  4. The use of the cover will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the book.
  5. It is a low-resolution image.
  6. The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
  7. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Jerry Grandenetti//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:All-AmericanMenOfWar89.jpgtrue

Summary[edit]

Cover, All-American Men of War #89 (DC, February 1962), cover art by Jerry Grandenetti (both Pencils & Inks per Grand Comics Database)

Source: http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=16698&zoom=4

This image is fair use because it is a low-resolution, small-sized reproduction of a historical magazine cover that shows the artist's work. It illustrates the work of the article's subject in a non-misleading way that does take detract from the commercial value of the copyright holder.

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