Rights clearance desk for images
Museums publish two different things about the same artwork: whether the work is in copyright, and whether their picture of it is. OpenPlate reads both, does the arithmetic on the published term, and shows you the sentence behind every point of the score.
Where this page got its records
802 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
431 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
2 of 2 providers answered live. 895 matching records exist across the two collections.
Institutions answered newest-first by record, interleaved
No open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
[Seascape and 2 Portraits of Walker Evans]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1952–53 · Film negative
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
[12 Portraits of Ben Shahn]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
April 1954 · Film negative
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
[76 Portraits of Penelope Andrews and Walker Evans]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1957–58 · Film negative
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
[12 Portraits of a Cat]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1940s–50s · Film negative
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
[12 Portraits of Walker Evans and Unidentified Man Reading]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1950s · Film negative
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
[12 Views of New York City Skyline and Painting by Walker Evans]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1940s–50s · Film negative
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
[22 Portraits of Isabelle Evans, Walker Evans, Lee Friedlander, and Others]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1962 · Film negative
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
[12 Portraits of Isabelle Evans Gardening, Old Lyme, Connecticut]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1960s · Film negative
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
[12 Portraits of Unidentified Man]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1950s–60s · Film negative
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
[12 Portraits of Walker and Isabelle Evans]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1960s · Film negative
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
[10 Portraits of Walker Evans and Portraits of Unidentified Others at Beach]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1967–70 · Film negative
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
[24 Portraits of Walker Evans (12) and Virginia Hubbard (12)]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1969–70 · Film negative
In copyright
live1. Pin the work
Choose the record and say what you are actually going to do with it. The product re-reads the work live and stores a snapshot, so your docket records what the institution said today.
2. Read the arithmetic
Six weighted factors: the institution's own claim, the creator's term, the publication-age rule, the restrictions in their statement, your use, and whether a credit line is even possible.
3. Seal and export
Record the decision into a SHA-384 chain, then export a dated docket as JSON, CSV or Markdown with the credit line and the seal a colleague can re-verify.