How to Cite a Work of Art
- 1). Use the following template when citing a work of art in APA style: Artist's last name, artist's first initial. (Year). Title of artwork [medium of artwork]. Location of artwork. Retrieved from URL (if applicable). For example, Kiefer, A. (1984). Auszug aus Aegypten (Departure from Egypt) [synthetic polymer paint, charcoal, and string on cut-and-pasted gelatin silver on board]. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Retrieved from http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=34137.
- 2). Use the following template when citing a work of art from a printed source in Chicago style: Artist's last name, artist's first name. "Title of artwork," medium, date of artwork (Location [if known]), city [if not already named). In Title of Printed Source, by Author of Printed Source, page or plate/figure/slide number. Publication city: publisher, date. For example, Whistler, James Abbot MacNeill. "Nocturne in Black and Gold -- The Falling Rocket," oil on canvas, 1872-77 (Detroit Institute of Arts). In Apollo: An Illustrated Manual of the History of Art thoughout the Ages, by S. Reinach, figure 71. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924.
- 3). Use the following template when citing a work of art from an online source in Chicago style: Artist's last name, artist's first name. Title of artwork, medium, date of artwork (Location [if known]), city [if not already named]. URL. For example, Whistler, James Abbot MacNeill. Nocturne in Black and Gold -- The Falling Rocket, oil on canvas, 1872-77 (Detroit Institute of Arts). http://www.dia.org/exhibitions/whistlersite/nocturne.htm.
- 4). Use the following template when citing a work of art in MLA style: Artist's last name, artist's first name. Title of artwork. Year of artwork. Medium of artwork. Location of artwork. For example, Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn. Judas Repentant, Returning the Pieces of Silver. Oil on panel. Private collection, England.
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