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
1458 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
320 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
2 of 2 providers answered live. 337 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.
[Man In Rounded Spectacles and Woman Outside House, Florida]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1934 · 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.
[Five 35mm Film Frames: Subway Passengers, New York City: Man in Cap Next to Older Woman, Women, Man in Suit, Woman Reading Newspaper]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
May 27, 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.
[Five 35mm Film Frames: Subway Passengers, New York City: Woman Reading, Man in Hat and Shirt Sleeves, Woman with Hands to Face and Newspaper on Lap, Older Woman, Man Leaning in Doorway, Older Woman Seated Next to Man in Cap]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
May 27, 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.
[Three 35mm Film Frames: Subway Passengers, New York City: Woman and Man Beneath "7th Ave Local" Sign, Woman in Overcoat]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
February 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.
[Five 35mm Film Frames: Subway Passengers, New York City: Man in Hat Reading Newspaper, Man in Hat, Woman]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
January 8, 1941 · 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.
[Five 35mm Film Frames: Subway Passengers, New York City: Man, Woman, Man in Hat and Plaid Workcoat]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
January 10, 1941 · 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.
[Five 35mm Film Frames: Subway Passengers, New York City: Woman in Hat and Scarf, Older Woman and Girl, Woman in Headscarf, Man in Hat Holding Newspaper]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
January 22, 1941 · 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.
[Five 35mm Film Frames: Subway Passengers, New York City: Woman, Man Reading Newspaper, Man in Suit]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
January 10, 1941 · 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.
[Five 35mm Film Frames: Subway Passengers, Times Square Shuttle, New York City: Man with Eyes Shut, Young Woman in Hat Seated Between Two Men, Old Woman in Hat and Spectacles]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
January 21–26, 1941 · 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.