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ART 218 African Art

Professor Sophia Kitlinski (she/her)

Follow this link to access an online guide to the Chicago Notes & Bibliography citation style.

Citing Works of Art or Objects in Chicago Style

Citing a work of art by a known artist, according to the Chicago Manual of Style:

Artist First-name Last-name, Artwork Title, date, material, dimensions, owner of work (such as museum), location, URL (if you found it online).

Here is an example from the Metropolitan Museum of Art:

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Comtesse d'Haussonville, 1845, oil on canvas, 51 7/8 × 36 1/4 in. (131.8 × 92.1 cm), The Frick Collection, New York, https://collections.frick.org/objects/105.

Museum objects without known creators, most of which are in the public domain, are cited differently.

See this Q&A from the Chicago Manual of Style for a complete discussion of this subject.