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A painting can be out of copyright and thephotograph of it can still be protected.

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    1289 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

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    370 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API

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Results for "Building"12 records

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Building Complex by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Building Complex

Unrecorded maker

probably 16th century · Ink, white and colored chalk on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Building of the Dam by Julian Alden Weir, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Building of the Dam

Julian Alden Weir (d. 1919)

1908 · Painting, oil on canvas

Cleared · CC0

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Building by Cesare Nebbia, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Building

Cesare Nebbia (d. 1614)

1536–1614 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over leadpoint

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Bell Telephone Building, Cleveland, Ohio by Edwin Kaufman, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Bell Telephone Building, Cleveland, Ohio

Edwin Kaufman (d. 1939)

1926–27 · Print, etching

Cleared · CC0

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Public Building by Fred Becker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Public Building

Fred Becker (d. 2004)

1935–43 · Wood engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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Building Aircraft: Making the Engine by Christopher Nevinson, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Building Aircraft: Making the Engine

Christopher Nevinson (d. 1946)

1917 · Print, lithograph on wove paper

Cleared · CC0

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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.

An Abstract of the Ferry House [Document describing the specifications for the construction of a new Ferry House in lower Manhattan, New York]

Committee for Building the Ferry House (d. 1720)

May 3, 1699 · Pen and ink

In copyright

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Drying the Linen, or Moonrise at the Priory by Maurice Denis, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Drying the Linen, or Moonrise at the Priory

Maurice Denis (d. 1943)

1894 · Painting, oil on canvas glued to cardboard

Cleared · CC0

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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.

Residence of Isaac V. Brokaw, Esq., New York (Rose and Stone, Architects)

Engineering & Building Record (d. 1917)

ca. 1885 · Photoengraving or lithograph

In copyright

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Capriccio: A Palace with a Courtyard by the Lagoon by Antonio Canaletto, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Capriccio: A Palace with a Courtyard by the Lagoon

Antonio Canaletto (d. 1768)

c. 1750–55 · Drawing, pen and brown ink and brush and gray and black washes over traces of graphite (?); framing lines in pen and brown and black ink

Cleared · CC0

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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.

Illustrated Catalogue of Wood Mantels

The Buhler Building Supply Co. (d. 1950)

ca. 1890 · Illustrations: photomechanical process

In copyright

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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.

Delmonico Building

Charles Sheeler (d. 1965)

1926 · Lithograph

In copyright

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