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ARTICLE · 28 MAY 2019

A Tale Of Two Tumbleweeds

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Kilmer allegedly told the artist he "could not afford the asking price" of the sculpture and did not purchase it.

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As a native of the Southwest, I feel it is my civic duty to inform you of a legal showdown over the copyright in tumbleweeds – sculptures of gold-laden tumbleweeds, that is.    Texan artist Bale Creek Allen recently sued actor and artist Val Kilmer (from Top Gun, The Doors, and Batman Forever,  to name a few) for copyright infringement.  Allen, who has been creating and selling tumbleweed sculptures for many years, claims that Kilmer saw one of his sculptures in a Santa Fe gallery and contacted Allen to discuss Allen's sculptures, the artist's inspiration to create them, and a potential purchase by Kilmer of one of the sculptures.  Kilmer allegedly told the artist he "could not afford the asking price" of the sculpture and did not purchase it.

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Originally published by the New York Legal Ethics Reporter

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