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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.

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  • The Metlive

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

  • Clevelandlive

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

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2 of 2 providers answered live. 31 matching records exist across the two collections.

Results for "Obstruction"12 records

Institutions answered newest-first by record, interleaved

Lyre Guitar by Gennaro Fabricatore, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lyre Guitar

Gennaro Fabricatore (d. 1832)

1807 · Spruce, maple, ebony

Cleared · Public Domain

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Power figure (nkisi) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Power figure (nkisi)

Unrecorded maker

late 1800s–early 1900s · Sculpture, Wood, organic materials (including resin), cloth, metalized glass, possibly porcelain, and plant fiber

Cleared · CC0

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Hadley's Falls (No. 5 of The Hudson River Portfolio) by John Rubens Smith, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hadley's Falls (No. 5 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Rubens Smith (d. 1849)

1821–22 · Aquatint printed in color with hand-coloring; second state of three (Koke)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Ganesha-Janani (Mother of Ganesh) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Ganesha-Janani (Mother of Ganesh)

Unrecorded maker

c. 1890 · Painting, Gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper

Cleared · CC0

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Waltham Abbey, Essex by Peter De Wint, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Waltham Abbey, Essex

Peter De Wint (d. 1849)

ca. 1840 · Graphite and watercolor

Cleared · Public Domain

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Médînet-Abou (Thèbes), Construction Antérieures - Entrée Principale by Félix Teynard, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Médînet-Abou (Thèbes), Construction Antérieures - Entrée Principale

Félix Teynard (d. 1892)

1851–52, printed 1853–54 · Salted paper print from paper negative

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.

[Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire, UK, Looking West]

Unknown

1855–1870 · Albumen 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.

Steeplechase Day, Paris - The Grandstand

Edward J. Steichen (d. 1973)

1907, printed 1911 · Direct carbon 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.

Obstruction

Man Ray (d. 1976)

1920/1961 · 63 wooden coat hangers

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.

Jatai Pakee

Unrecorded maker

early 20th century · Gouache and ink on paper

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.

[Group of Men with Cattle on Levee, From Moving Automobile, Louisiana]

Walker Evans (d. 1975)

March 1935 · Film negative

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.

[Wooden House by Road, From Moving Car, Mobile, Alabama]

Walker Evans (d. 1975)

1935 · Film negative

In copyright

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