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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

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

  • Clevelandlive

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

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2 of 2 providers answered live. 23 matching records exist across the two collections.

Results for "Picture Builder"12 records

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The Flemish Picture Gallery, the Mansion of Thomas Hope, Duchess Street, Portland Place by Robert William Billings, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Flemish Picture Gallery, the Mansion of Thomas Hope, Duchess Street, Portland Place

Robert William Billings (d. 1874)

1830–51 · Watercolor

Cleared · Public Domain

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Béni-Haçan, Architecture Hypogéene - Tombeau d'Amoneï by Félix Teynard, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Béni-Haçan, Architecture Hypogéene - Tombeau d'Amoneï

Félix Teynard (d. 1892)

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

Cleared · Public Domain

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Clipper Ship "Flying Cloud" by James E. Buttersworth, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Clipper Ship "Flying Cloud"

James E. Buttersworth (d. 1894)

1852 · Hand-colored lithograph

Cleared · Public Domain

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Clipper Ship "Contest" by Frances Flora Bond Palmer, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Clipper Ship "Contest"

Frances Flora Bond Palmer (d. 1876)

1853 · Hand-colored lithograph

Cleared · Public Domain

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Clipper Ship "Great Republic" by James E. Buttersworth, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Clipper Ship "Great Republic"

James E. Buttersworth (d. 1894)

1853 · Hand-colored lithograph

Cleared · Public Domain

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Clipper Ship "Sweepstakes" by James E. Buttersworth, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Clipper Ship "Sweepstakes"

James E. Buttersworth (d. 1894)

1853 · Hand-colored lithograph

Cleared · Public Domain

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Clipper Ship "Great Republic" by Joseph B. Smith, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Clipper Ship "Great Republic"

Joseph B. Smith (d. 1876)

1855 · Hand-colored lithograph

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Bark "Theoxena" by Latour, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Bark "Theoxena"

Latour

ca.1850 · Hand-colored lithograph

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.

Clipper Ship Three Brothers, 2972 Tons: The Largest Sailing Ship in the World

Currier & Ives (d. 1907)

1875 · Lithograph, printed in color

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.

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Werner Mantz (d. 1983)

1929 · Gelatin silver 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.

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Richard Hamilton (d. 2011)

1991 · Electrophotographic 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.

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David Salle (d. 9999)

1993 · Oil, acrylic and graphite on canvas

In copyright

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2. Read the arithmetic

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3. Seal and export

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