Artist Consignment & Payout Tracker

Most US states have an artist-consignment statute treating consigned work — and the artist’s share of the proceeds once it sells — as property held in trust for that artist, generally beyond the reach of the gallery’s own creditors, and many expect a written agreement. That changes what a tracker is for: an unpaid artist is not a bill that can wait for a better month. So the status ladder puts a missing written agreement above everything, then money held past your own payout terms, then work held past its term — and the summary leads with the total you are holding rather than with sales.

• Artist funds held in trust, totalled first
• NO WRITTEN AGREEMENT ranked above every other status
• Sold-and-unpaid amber even before it is late