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
1459 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
361 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
2 of 2 providers answered live. 50 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.
[Five 35mm Film Frames: Subway Passengers, New York City: Man in Cap Reading Newspaper, Standee Reading Book, Seated Man]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
February 15–23, 1938 · 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.
[Four 35mm Film Frames: View Down Subway Car with Seated Passengers, Seated Subway Passengers, Helen Levitt on the Subway, New York City]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
January–March 1938 · 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.
[One 35mm Film Frame: Subway Passengers, New York City: Elderly Woman Clutching Paper Bag, Seated Between Man and Woman]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
February 15, 1938 · 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 Two Unidentified Men Seated in Walker Evans' Apartment at 441 East 92nd Street, New York City]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1941–42 · 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.
[3 Portraits of Unidentified Man Seated in Walker Evans' Apartment at 441 East 92nd Street, New York City]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1940s · 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.
[4 Portraits of Walker Evans Seated at Desk]
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.
[Two 35mm Film Frames: Portraits of Unidentified Man and Woman Seated at Table]
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.
[4 Portraits of Unidentified Man at Desk]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
December 1962 · Gelatin silver print
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.
[4 Group Portraits of Unidentified Men Seated Around Table]
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.
[Four 35mm Film Frames: Portraits of Unidentified Man Seated at Desk with Telephone]
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.
[Carla Steiger Seated on Her Bed, Oberlin, Ohio]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
January 16, 1974 · Instant internal dye diffusion transfer print (Polaroid SX-70)
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.
[Carla Steiger Seated on Her Bed, Oberlin, Ohio]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
January 16, 1974 · Instant internal dye diffusion transfer print (Polaroid SX-70)
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.