Need a copy of a particular piece of art? Wondering what it looks like? Try these:
ARTWORK IN A MUSEUM OR ON A MUSEUM WEBSITE:
Artist, A. (Year of release). Title of artwork [medium]. Name of museum, City, State, Country. URL
Painting:
van Gogh, V. (1889). Wheat Field with Cypresses [Oil on canvas]. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, United States. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436535? ft=van+gogh&offset=0&rpp=40&pos=3
Sculpture:
Calder, A. (1943). Vertical Constellation with Bomb [Painted steel wire, painted wood, and wood]. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States. https://www.nga.gov/collection/art- object-page.92729.html#overview
Photograph:
Adams, A. (1947). Nevada Fall, Rainbow [Gelatin silver print]. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, United States. https://www.moma.org/collection/works/58275? classifications=any&date_begin=Pre- 1850&date_end=2022&q=ansel+adams&utf8=%E2%9C%93&with_images=1
*To learn more about detailed citation rules visit the Purdue Online Writing Lab, look at the APA Handbook at the Circulation Desk, or email a Librarian.
Created by: Emily Elliott
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AN IMAGE (INCLUDING A PAINTING, SCULPTURE, OR PHOTOGRAPH):
Artist last name, First name. Title of work. Date. Website name, URL
Painting:
Seurat, George. A Sunday on La Grande Jatte -- 1884. 1884-1886. The Art Institute of Chicago, https://www.artic.edu/artworks/27992/a-sunday-on-la-grande-jatte-1884
Sculpture:
Crawford, Thomas. Genius of Mirth. 1842; carved 1843. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10574? ft=Genius+of+Mirth&offset=0&rpp=40&pos=1
Photograph:
Racioppo, Larry. [Superman]. 1974-1978. The New York Public Library. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f36442b0-82b7-0130-b66a-58d385a7bbd0#/? uuid=f35cbce0-82b7-0130-01b7-58d385a7bbd0
*To learn more about detailed citation rules visit the Purdue Online Writing Lab, look at the MLA Handbook at the Circulation Desk, or email a Librarian.
Created by: Emily Elliott