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

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Wave by Aristide Maillol, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Wave

Aristide Maillol (d. 1944)

1895–98 · Print, wood engraving

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Vase (Meiping) with Waves by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Vase (Meiping) with Waves

Unrecorded maker

1200s–1300s · Ceramic, glazed stoneware with slip painted decoration, Jizhou ware

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In the Waves (Dans les Vagues) by Paul Gauguin, The Cleveland Museum of Art

In the Waves (Dans les Vagues)

Paul Gauguin (d. 1903)

1889 · Painting, oil on canvas

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Square Dish with Design of Plovers over Waves by Ogata Kōrin, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Square Dish with Design of Plovers over Waves

Ogata Kōrin (d. 1716)

c. 1700 · Ceramic, Glazed stoneware with iron oxide underglaze slip

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Cloud-Collar Pillow with Waves by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cloud-Collar Pillow with Waves

Unrecorded maker

1000s–1100s · Ceramic, glazed porcelain with incised and carved decoration

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Clouds and Waves at the Wu Gorge by Xie Shichen, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Clouds and Waves at the Wu Gorge

Xie Shichen (d. 1567)

c. 1547–67 · Painting, hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper

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Waves by Nakamura Hōchū, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Waves

Nakamura Hōchū (d. 1819)

late 1700s-early 1800s · Painting, fan painting mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color with gold on paper

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Dragon and Tiger by Sesson Shūkei, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Dragon and Tiger

Sesson Shūkei (d. 1577)

c. 1546–56 · Painting, One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on paper

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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

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