Template:PD-art-US

This image is a faithful reproduction of a two-dimensional uncopyrighted work of art and the image itself is in the public domain in the United States because under US copyright law, originality of expression is necessary for copyright protection, and a mere photograph of an out-of-copyright 2D work may not be protected under American copyright law. The official position of the Wikimedia Foundation is that all faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works should be considered to be in the public domain regardless of their country of origin (even in countries where mere labor is enough to make a reproduction eligible for protection).

The depicted two-dimensional work of art is in the public domain for the following reason:

This image is in the public domain in the United States. In most cases, this means that it was first published prior to January 1, 1929 (see the template documentation for more cases). Other jurisdictions may have other rules, and this image might not be in the public domain outside the United States. See Wikipedia:Public domain and Wikipedia:Copyrights for more details.

Be careful if you want to move this file to Wikimedia Commons.

Unless the creator died more than 70 years ago (or longer in certain instances), the depicted work of art is not necessarily public domain worldwide. If it is not in the public domain in its source country, it cannot be transferred to the Wikimedia Commons if it is a non-US work. Information on this image ( such as source and the creator's lifetime) with respect to the depicted work of art should always be listed if known. This image should not be transferred to Wikimedia Commons unless the depicted work of art can be verified to be in the public domain in its country of first publication.

If the depicted work of art is in the public domain in its origin country please add |pdsource=yes to this template's invocations, and consider moving the file to Wikimedia Commons

Alternatively if you know that the artwork shown will expire at a certain date, please add |out_of_copyright_in=year to indicate this.

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