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
368 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
444 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
2 of 2 providers answered live. 141 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.
[Steel Mills in Pennsylvania, for the Series "Along the Right of Way," Fortune Magazine, September 1950]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1950 · 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.
[47 Studies of Office Interiors, Commissioned by Fortune Magazine for "Vintage Office Furniture", Published August 1953, Including Some Studies of Boston Residence, Park, and Street Furniture]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1953 · 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.
[Office Interiors, for the Series "Vintage Office Furniture", Fortune Magazine, August 1953]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1953 · Film negatives
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 Lewis Gnuser of Lorillard Co., Taken for Fortune Magazine]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1958 · 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.
[28 Portraits of Unidentified Men and Women in Fortune Magazine Offices and 2 Portraits of Jane Smith Evans at Home, New York City]
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.
[47 Portraits of Unidentified Man, Probably Business Executive Commissioned by Fortune Magazine]
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.
[48 Portraits of Unidentified Business Executive Seated in Office, Probably Commissioned by Fortune Magazine]
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.
[330 Portraits of Armstrong Cork Executives, Probably Commissioned by Fortune Magazine]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1963–64 · 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 Views of Factory and Houses, Possibly for Fortune Magazine]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1960–65 · 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.
[13 Original Annotated Negative Sleeves, Possibly Related to Projects for Fortune Magazine]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1950s–60s · 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.
[148 Portraits and Studies of Bankers at Work Including Joseph Barr, Probably Commissioned by Fortune Magazine]
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.
[48 Portraits of Unidentified Man at Home, Possibly Business Executive Commissioned by Fortune Magazine]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1950s–60s · 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.