File:Sun in an Empty Room 1963.jpg

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Description	Sun in an Empty Room (1963) by Edward Hopper (1882–1967). Private collection
Author or copyright owner	Edward Hopper
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	https://web.archive.org/web/20170314105005/https://whitney.org/image_columns/0046/5350/hop_325.jpg
Date of publication	1963
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Sun in an Empty Room
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	For visual identification of the object of the article. The article as a whole is dedicated specifically to a discussion of this work.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Any derivative work based upon the artwork would be a copyright violation, so creation of a free image is not possible.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	Used only in one article about the subject. Very low-resolution. Copies made from it will be of very inferior quality to the original.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The use of a low resolution image of the artwork will not impact the commercial viability of the art.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Sun in an Empty Room//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sun_in_an_Empty_Room_1963.jpgtrue

Fair use in Sun in an Empty Room

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

It illustrates an educational article about the painting from which the image was taken
The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic.
The use of the image 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 painting.
It is a very low resolution image.
It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.

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- the artistic genre or technique employed in the artwork, or
- the artistic school or tradition to which the artist is associated,
as applied within the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers located in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law.

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