Rights and Reproductions
The Huntington Art Museum Rights and Reproduction Policy
The Huntington Art Museum is proud to share images of works of art in the public domain for educational and non-commercial uses and to increase accessibility for students, scholars, artists, and art lovers in their studies, creative projects, and artistic expressions. The Huntington Art Museum does not require researchers to request permission to publish material that is in the public domain or for which we do not own the copyright; we respect the intellectual property rights held by artists, their estates, and other rights holders. We do ask that researchers identify and cite specific artwork information when publishing images held by The Huntington Art Museum. It is the responsibility of the requester to identify the copyright holder, obtain necessary permissions, and comply with all copyright provisions. The Huntington Art Museum provides high-resolution TIFs for reproduction, publication, and study, by request and following the provided terms below.Warning Concerning Copyright Restrictions
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted materials. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is "not to be used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. Other tools exist for researching copyright, including the WATCH File (Writers, Artists, and Their Copyright Holders) maintained by the Harry Ransom Center and the University of Reading. The Artists Rights Society maintains a list of the artists it represents and is authorized to grant permission on behalf of artists. A general guide to understanding copyright: Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States, Peter B. Hirtle, the Cornell Copyright Information Center. The Huntington Art Museum welcomes information about copyright pertaining to artwork in its collections. Some rights information may be reflected in the online collections catalog. If you have rights-related information or believe that the catalog does not accurately and fully display applicable restrictions, please email us.Reproducing Images of the Huntington Art Museum Collection
The Huntington is committed to supporting scholarly research and its dissemination through various forms of publication and outreach. While The Huntington Art Museum owns the physical objects in its collections, we may not own the intellectual content or copyright, trademark, or other related interests. The responsibility remains with the requester for determining whether any such intellectual property rights, including moral rights, exist; obtaining all necessary permissions; and guarding against the infringement of those rights that may be held elsewhere. If the content in question is under copyright, appropriate permissions must be sought from the owner of the rights. The Huntington Art Museum supports the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law (title 17, United States Code). When using images given by The Huntington Art Museum or of any of our collections, you should not suggest or imply that the Huntington endorses, approves of, or participated in your projects. The Huntington and its operating programs should not be used in the title of your project or in any way that may confuse consumers to believe that we were affiliated with or sponsored your project.Crediting and Citing the Huntington Art Museum
For the benefit of future researchers, we ask that requesters using reproductions of our works give appropriate credit when reproducing an image of The Huntington Art Museum collections. Caption information for individual artworks can be found in the online catalog. If an image does not appear in the catalog record, there may be a legal rights restriction that disallows us to make that content available, there is no digital reproduction that is appropriate for online display, or there is a copyright interest in the digital image of the work. All image credit lines should read “Courtesy of the Huntington Art Museum, San Marino, California.” Please refer to individual object records in eMuseum for full institutional credit line for the works of art. To assist in developing the collection, please inform The Huntington Art Museum if you are publishing a work of art in our collection in a scholarly publication or exhibition catalog so we may add it to our bibliographic references. While there is no obligation or requirement, we would appreciate a gratis copy of any publication in which the images are reproduced to accession into The Huntington Library. Copies may be sent to: The Huntington Art MuseumCollections Management, Rights and Repro
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108