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
1119 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
313 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
2 of 2 providers answered live. 478 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.
BEAUTIES OF AMERICA/ CITY HALL/ NEW YORK/ J&W RIDGWAY
John & William Ridgway (d. 1830)
ca. 1814–ca. 1830 · Earthenware, transfer-printed
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.
The Public Library from New York City miniature souvenir views (W500)
Unrecorded maker
ca. 1925–30 · Commercial photolithograph
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.
[Four 35mm Film Frames: Subway Passengers, New York City]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
January–March 1938 · Film negative
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.
Subway Passenger
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
January–March 1938 · Gelatin silver print
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.
Subway Portrait
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
May 27, 1938 · Gelatin silver print
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.
[Five 35mm Film Frames: Subway Passengers, New York City]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
January 10, 1941 · Film negative
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.
Woman Walking, Above, New York
Roy DeCarava (d. 2009)
1950 · Gelatin silver print
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.
Rodeo, New York City
Robert Frank (d. 2019)
1955 · Gelatin silver print
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.
From the Bus, New York
Robert Frank (d. 2019)
1958 · Gelatin silver print
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.
[Street Scene: Man in Boots Walking and Adjusting His Collar, New York City]
Leon Levinstein (d. 1988)
1960s–70s · Gelatin silver print
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.
Public Enemy Walking in New York City
Glen E. Friedman (d. 9999)
1987, printed 2023 · Gelatin silver print
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.
Untitled, New York
Mitch Epstein (d. 9999)
1996 · Chromogenic print
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.