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Rights clearance desk for images

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

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

  • The Metlive

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

  • Clevelandlive

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

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United States, editorial use, 10,000 reach.

Change on the terms page

2 of 2 providers answered live. 1,696 matching records exist across the two collections.

Results for "California"12 records

Institutions answered newest-first by record, interleaved

Belt Buckle by California Jewelry Co., The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Belt Buckle

California Jewelry Co. (d. 9999)

ca. 1868 · Gold and champlevé enamel

Cleared · Public Domain

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Presentation  Bowl by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Presentation Bowl

Unrecorded maker

1900 · Basketry, redbud, bracken fern; coiled, grass foundation

Cleared · CC0

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Cleveland Museum of ArtSimilar

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.

Bathing suit

Gantner of California

1910–11 · wool

In copyright

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Mount Starr King, Yosemite by Albert Bierstadt, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Mount Starr King, Yosemite

Albert Bierstadt (d. 1902)

1866 · Painting, oil on canvas on panel-back stretcher

Cleared · CC0

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Cleveland Museum of ArtSimilar

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.

Bathing suit

Gantner of California

ca. 1925 · wool

In copyright

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The MetSimilar

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.

Bathing suit

Cole of California (d. 9999)

1943 · Cotton, synthetic

In copyright

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The MetSimilar

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.

Bathing trunks

Gantner of California

1940s · synthetic fiber

In copyright

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The MetSimilar

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.

Maillot

Cole of California (d. 9999)

1964 · synthetic fiber

In copyright

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The MetSimilar

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.

Bathing suit

Cole of California (d. 9999)

1967 · Cotton

In copyright

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The MetSimilar

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.

The Negro in American art : an exhibition

University of California Los Angeles

1967

In copyright

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The MetSimilar

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.

Bathing suit

Cole of California (d. 9999)

ca. 1964 · nylon, cotton, rubber

In copyright

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The MetSimilar

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.

Maillot

Cole of California (d. 9999)

ca. 1965 · synthetic fiber

In copyright

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The MetSimilar

1. 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

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