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
1179 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
405 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
2 of 2 providers answered live. 1,798 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.
[Geometric Backyards, New York]
Paul Strand (d. 1976)
1917 · Platinum print
In copyright
live
Backyards in Winter (Castoff Christmas Tree)
Charles Burchfield (d. 1967)
January 1917 · Drawing, watercolor, gouache, blue and orange crayons, and black wash on wove paper
Cleared · CC0
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 Album: Buildings and Backyards, Astoria, Queens]
Berenice Abbott (d. 1991)
1929 · Gelatin silver print
In copyright
live
Drying the Linen, or Moonrise at the Priory
Maurice Denis (d. 1943)
1894 · Painting, oil on canvas glued to cardboard
Cleared · CC0
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.
Backyards, Brooklyn
Ogden M. Pleissner (d. 1983)
1932 · Oil on canvas
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.
[Backyards of Apartment Buildings with Clotheslines, New York City]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1930s · 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.
Backyards, Santa Fe
B. J. O. Nordfeldt (d. 1955)
ca. 1919–37 · Etching
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.
Backyards
Janet Friedlander (d. 1999)
1935–43 · 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.
Backyards
Phillip Levone (d. 1999)
1935–43 · Color carborundum etching
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.
Backyards, Richmond District
Jennie Lewis (d. 1944)
1935–43 · 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.
[12 Views of Backyards in Paddington District, London]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
1957 · 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.
Backyards, 20th Avenue and Sprint Street, Paterson, New Jersey
George A. Tice (d. 2025)
1967 · Gelatin silver print
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.