
Violin
Chukchee People
ca. 1800–1889 · Pinewood
Cleared · Public Domain
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702 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
347 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
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Violin
Chukchee People
ca. 1800–1889 · Pinewood
Cleared · Public Domain
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Iris: Sweet Message, from the series Floral Beauties and Language of Flowers (N75) for Duke brand cigarettes
American Tobacco Company
1892 · Commercial color lithograph
Cleared · Public Domain
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Shak-Shak
Atorios People
19th century · wood, gourd, feathers, cord
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.
A message to the American people
Anonymous, American, 20th century (d. 1999)
1918 · Commercial color 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.
A message to the citizens of Connecticut from Governor Marcus H. Holcomb
Anonymous, American, 20th century (d. 1999)
ca. 1917 · Commercial 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 Red Cross supplies people with information
War Council of the American Red Cross (d. 1925)
ca. 1917 · Commercial color 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 Beauty Message
Lillian Bassman (d. 2012)
1965 · 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.
The Moon Belongs to the People
Stephen Shames (d. 9999)
1971, printed later · Gelatin silver print
In copyright
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The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
People To Be Resembling
The Otolith Group
2012 · Single-channel digital video, black-and-white and color, sound, 21 min., 40 sec.
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.
Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death
Arthur Jafa (d. 9999)
2016 · Single-channel digital video, color, sound, 7 min., 25 sec.
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.
mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People): Resurgence of the People
Kent Monkman (d. 9999)
2019 · Acrylic on canvas
In copyright
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