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  • The Metlive

    1192 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

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

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Results for "Fact or Fiction"11 records

Institutions answered newest-first by record, interleaved

Marble bust of Herodotos by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Marble bust of Herodotos

Unrecorded maker

2nd century CE · Marble, Island ?

Cleared · Public Domain

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Fact or Fiction by Avram Finkelstein, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fact or Fiction

Avram Finkelstein (d. 9999)

1989 · Color photo-offset lithograph, printed in black and red inks

Cleared · Public Domain

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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.

The Sweating Sickness; or, the Imaginary Malady (a Bona Fide Fact)

Anonymous, British, late 18th century (d. 1800)

December 2, 1799 · Etching and engraving with letterpress

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.

The Seven Words

F. Holland Day (d. 1933)

1898 · Platinum print

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.

Rock Star (Character Appropriation)

David Lamelas (d. 9999)

1974 · Gelatin silver prints

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.

Smoke and Condensation

Mac Adams (d. 9999)

1978 · Gelatin silver prints

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.

Carnival

Kelli Connell (d. 9999)

2006, printed 2012 · Chromogenic print

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.

The Valley

Kelli Connell (d. 9999)

2006, printed 2012 · Chromogenic print

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.

With a Rhythmic Instinction to be Able to Travel Beyond Existing Forces of Life (Purple, Rule #3)

Philippe Parreno (d. 9999)

2014 · Multi-media installation, color, sound

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.

Closed Geometry

María Berrío (d. 9999)

2022 · Cut and pasted painted Japanese papers and watercolor on linen

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.

Headrest

Swazi or Zulu artist

19th–20th century · Wood

In copyright

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