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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.

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  • The Metlive

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

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

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Who's Mistress Now? by Thomas Rowlandson, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Who's Mistress Now?

Thomas Rowlandson (d. 1827)

June 25, 1802 · Hand-colored etching

Cleared · Public Domain

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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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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.

Me Warm Now

George Baxter (d. 1867)

1853 · Baxter process: aquatint key plate with oil colors printed from 8 wood engraved blocks

In copyright

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And Now They Never Meet in Grove or Green by Arthur Rackham, The Cleveland Museum of Art

And Now They Never Meet in Grove or Green

Arthur Rackham (d. 1939)

1908 · Drawing, pen and black ink and watercolor with scraping and minute touches of white gouache on artist's illustration board

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.

And Now, Electrice...

Electrice Corporation (d. 1930)

1925 · Illustrations: photomechanical color process

In copyright

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On the Beach, No. 3 by Maurice Prendergast, The Cleveland Museum of Art

On the Beach, No. 3

Maurice Prendergast (d. 1924)

c. 1915–18 · Painting, oil on canvas

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.

And Now Where?

Rockwell Kent (d. 1971)

1936 · Lithograph

In copyright

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Mount Vesuvius at Midnight by Albert Bierstadt, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Mount Vesuvius at Midnight

Albert Bierstadt (d. 1902)

1868 · Painting, oil on canvas

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.

What Now?

Lawrence Arthur Jones (d. 1996)

1937 · Etching

In copyright

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May Day, Central Park by Maurice Prendergast, The Cleveland Museum of Art

May Day, Central Park

Maurice Prendergast (d. 1924)

1901 · Drawing, watercolor over graphite

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.

Someday is now

Corita Kent (d. 1986)

1964 · Screenprint

In copyright

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The Spanish Steps by Maurice Prendergast, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Spanish Steps

Maurice Prendergast (d. 1924)

1898–99 · Monotype, color monotype

Cleared · CC0

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