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
158 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
397 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
2 of 2 providers answered live. 119 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.
Ornament from the Scoville Building, Chicago
Louis Henry Sullivan (d. 1924)
1884 · Terracotta
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.
Ornament from the Scoville Building, Chicago
Louis Henry Sullivan (d. 1924)
1884 · Terracotta
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.
8528. Magic City from Agricultural Buillding, World's Fair, Chicago
Benjamin West Kilburn (d. 1909)
1893 · Albumen 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.
8469. The Illumination, Chicago Day, World's Columbian Exposition
Benjamin West Kilburn (d. 1909)
1894 · Albumen 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.
8486. Midway Plaisance Triumph, World's Fiar, Chicago
Benjamin West Kilburn (d. 1909)
1894 · Albumen 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.
8566. The Great Cactus, Horticultural Buildings, World's Fair, Chicago
Benjamin West Kilburn (d. 1909)
1894 · Albumen 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.
Railroad Crossing
Edward Hopper (d. 1967)
1923 · Drypoint
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.
Chicago - Where the West Begins
Gerald Geerlings (d. 1998)
1932 · 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.
West Monroe Street, Chicago
Donald Shaw MacLaughlan (d. 1938)
1931 · Graphite and wash
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.
Chicago Contrasts
Helen West Heller (d. 1955)
1923–55 · Woodcut
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.
Belt Railroad of Chicago, Chicago & Western Indian Railroad, Bedford Park, Chicago, Illinois
Lothar Baumgarten (d. 2018)
1989 · 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.
Burlington Northern Railroad, Chicago Regional Transportation Authority, Chicago, Illinois
Lothar Baumgarten (d. 2018)
1989 · Gelatin silver print
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
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.