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
782 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
644 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
2 of 2 providers answered live. 90 matching records exist across the two collections.
Institutions answered newest-first by record, interleaved
Nine Studies of the Moses in Santa Maria della Steccata, Parma (recto); Nine Studies for the Eve in Santa Maria della Steccata, Parma (verso)
Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (d. 1540)
1503–40 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on beige paper (recto and verso)
Cleared · Public Domain
live![New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], Title Plate by Jan Collaert I, The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/dp/web-large/DP841122.jpg)
New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], Title Plate
Jan Collaert I (d. 1581)
ca. 1600 · Engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
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London Chair-Makers' and Carvers' Book of Prices, for Workmanship...
T. Sorrell (d. 1880)
1807–8 · Illustrations: engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
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Lidded prestige vessel
"Unobadula" (d. 1900)
Mid–late 19th century · Wood
Cleared · Public Domain
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.
“Rubble of writing” (Moji gareki), a letter to Baron Maeda Masana
Tomioka Tessai (d. 1924)
1915 · Letter mounted as a hanging scroll: ink and color on paper
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.
[One Hundred Fifty-two Items of Correspondence from Hanns Skolle and Elizabeth Skolle to Walker Evans]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1926–33 · Pencil and ink on paper
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.
[16 Items of Correspondence and Legal Papers to and from Emmet, Marvin & Martin Regarding Divorce Proceedings]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1955–60
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.
[116 Items of Correspondence to and from Various Publishers and Periodicals, Including Letters, Contracts, and Memoranda: Balance House, Ballantine Books, Doubleday & Company (Anchor Books), The Eakins Press, Fortune, Harper's Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, Houghton Mifflin, New York Review of Books, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time Inc., Vogue]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1941–74
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.
[128 Items of Correspondence from Various Museums and Galleries, Including Letters, Exhibition Notices, Invoices, and Brochures: Art Institute of Chicago, Corcoran Gallery, George Eastman House, Katonah Gallery, Emily Lowe Gallery, The Print Club, Schoelkopf Gallery, Smithsonian, Stonington Art Gallery, Yale University Art Gallery, and Others]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1948–74
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.
[55 Items of Miscellaneous Professional Correspondence and Solicitation from Various Individuals and Institutions, Including Karen Horney Clinic, Carnegie Corporation, National Institute of Arts and Letters, United States Information Agency, and Others]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1938–74
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.
[59 Items of Correspondence from Various Publishers, Publications, and Broadcasting Companies Regarding Requests for Reproduction Rights, Appearances, and Interviews]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1959–74
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.
[95 Items of Correspondence from Fifteen Schools, Including Letters, Brochures, and Memoranda: Harvard University, Oberlin College, Philadelphia College of Art, Phillips Academy at Andover, University of California, Santa Cruz, University of Texas at Austin, Williams College, Yale University, and Various Others, Including Art Academy of Cincinnati, Boston University, New York University, Pennsylvania State University, C.W. Post College, University of Alabama, University of New Mexico]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1964–74
In copyright
live1. Pin the work
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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
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