
Message Case with Landscape
Unrecorded maker
mid-18th century · Lacquered wood with gold and silver hiramaki‑e and togidashimaki‑e, with gilded mounts
Cleared · Public Domain
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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
524 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
281 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
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Message Case with Landscape
Unrecorded maker
mid-18th century · Lacquered wood with gold and silver hiramaki‑e and togidashimaki‑e, with gilded mounts
Cleared · Public Domain
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Hartford./ Connecticut./ JACKSONS WARRANTED
Job & John Jackson (d. 1835)
ca. 1831–ca. 1835 · Earthenware, transfer-printed
Cleared · Public Domain
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Bringing the Message of Victory to Dongshan
Wang Su (d. 1877)
1862 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Ichnographs from the Sandstone of Connecticut River
James Deane (d. 1858)
published 1861 · Salted paper prints
Cleared · Public Domain
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Twilight in the Cedars at Darien, Connecticut
John Frederick Kensett (d. 1872)
1872 · Oil on canvas
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.
The Monkey Prince Angada delivers Rama’s message to Ravana; folio from the Siege of Lanka series
Manaku (d. 1770)
ca. 1725 · Opaque watercolor and gold 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.
Movable card: Young girl in a field of flowers, moving the tab lifts her arm to reveal a message.
Anton Berka (d. 1838)
ca. 1815 · Heavy card stock, lithography, watercolor, thread
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 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 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.
I Just Kept Pecking At It
Patrick Oliphant (d. 9999)
November 10, 1989 · Pen and India ink with black chalk
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
live1. Pin the work
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2. Read the arithmetic
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3. Seal and export
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