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
649 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
243 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
2 of 2 providers answered live. 111 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.
Mbulu ngulu (image of the dead)
Obamba(?)–Kota artist
Late 19th–early 20th century · Wood, copper alloy, iron
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.
Mbulu ngulu (image of the dead)
Obamba-Kota artist
late 19th–early 20th century · Wood, brass sheets, brass and copper sheet-wire filaments, bone, brass nails, iron nails
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.
Mbulu ngulu (image of the dead)
Kota artist
19th-mid-20th century · Iron, wood, pigment
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.
Mbulu ngulu (image of the dead)
Kota artist
19th–mid-20th century · Copper, brass, wood
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.
Mbulu ngulu (image of the dead)
Kota artist
19th–mid-20th century · Wood, copper, brass
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.
Mbulu ngulu (image of the dead)
Kota artist
early-mid-20th century · Wood, metal
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.
Mbulu ngulu (image of the dead) with opposing faces
Kota artist
19th–mid-20th century · Brass, wood, copper, iron
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.
Ngulu, mbulu, or m'boutou (ceremonial sword)
Ngala artist
19th–mid-20th century · Metal, wood
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.
Ngulu, mbulu, or m'boutou (ceremonial sword)
Ngala or Ngombe artist
19th–mid-20th century · Iron, wood
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.
Ngulu, mbulu, or m'boutou (ceremonial sword)
Ngala or Ngombe artist
19th–mid-20th century · Iron, brass, wood, hide
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.
Dead Moorhen (Dode waterhoen)
Charles Donker
1969 · 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.
[Dead Roses]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
November 11, 1973 · Instant internal dye diffusion transfer print (Polaroid SX-70)
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.