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
483 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
320 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
2 of 2 providers answered live. 382 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.
Design for a Neo-Gothic Building, probably a Library in New York City
Alexander Jackson Davis (d. 1892)
ca. 1835–40 · Pen and ink, over black chalk, watercolor
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.
Old City Hospital from Pearl Street, New York
Eliza Pratt Greatorex (d. 1897)
1875 · Etching with plate tone, on chine collé
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.
Thermometer
Louis C. Tiffany (d. 1933)
ca. 1905–20 · Gilt bronze
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.
Free Public Library from Schenectady, New York souvenir views (W500)
Unrecorded maker
ca. 1920–30 · 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.
Free Public Library from Schenectady, New York souvenir views (W500)
Unrecorded maker
ca. 1920–30 · 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.
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.
[Exhibition Panel from "The ABC Show", Picture Collection, New York Public Library]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
ca. 1933 · 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.
[Exhibition Panel from "The ABC Show", Picture Collection, New York Public Library]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
ca. 1933 · 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.
[Exhibition Panel from "The ABC Show", Picture Collection, New York Public Library]
Walker Evans (d. 1975)
ca. 1933 · 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.
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.
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.