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
1044 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
339 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
2 of 2 providers answered live. 475 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.
The Floating Church of Our Saviour for Seamen, New York
George Endicott, New York (d. 1848)
1844 · Hand-colored lithograph
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.
The Floating Church of Our Saviour for Seamen, New York
George Endicott, New York (d. 1848)
1844 · Hand-colored Lithograph
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.
Mr. Stewart's House, 54th Street, Between Broadway and 7th Avenue, New York, from Valentine's Manual
Major & Knapp (d. 1888)
1866 · Lithograph with tint stone
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.
[Street Scene, New York]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
October 1928 · 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.
[Pedestrians on Brooklyn Bridge Walkway, New York City]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1928–30 · 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.
[Pedestrians on Fifth Avenue, New York City]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1928–30 · 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: Pedestrians, New York City]
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: Two Men Beneath "City Hall" Sign, Two Women]
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.
[Five 35mm Film Frames: Subway Passengers, New York City: Two Men in Suits]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
April 28, 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: Two Men in Suits]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
April 28, 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.
Subway Portrait
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
May 27, 1938 · 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.
New York, N. Why? Photographs by Rudolf Burckhardt. Poems by Edwin Denby
Rudy Burckhardt (d. 1999)
ca. 1939 · Gelatin silver prints
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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