Cite My Sources

Work Cited Entry

Image Label and Caption

Last Name of Artist, First Name. Title of Artwork.  Date, Medium, Institution (Gallery/Museum), Name of city where the art work or collection is located.

O’Keeffe, Georgia. Black Hollyhock Blue Larkspur. 1930, oil on canvas, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe.

Fig. Number. First Name Last Name of Artist, Title of Artwork, Date, Medium

Fig. 1. Georgia O’Keeffe, Black Hollyhock Blue Larkspur, 1930, oil on canvas

Last Name of Artist, First Name [online handle if this differs from account name]. Title of Artwork. Instagram, date of post, Medium. URL. Date of Access.

Smith, Katherine [@KrazyCat23]. Mr. Tibbles playing with a toy mouse. Instagram, 23 April 2021, digital image. www.instagram.com/p/Bq_PaXKgqPw/. Accessed 9th December 2021.

Fig. Number. First Name Last Name of Artist, Title of Artwork, Date, Medium

Fig. 2. Katherine Smith [@KrazyCat23], Mr. Tibbles playing with a toy mouse, 23 April 2021, digital image

Artwork from website:

Artwork is main focus of the webpage

Last Name of Artist, First Name. Title of Artwork. Year, Location of Work, medium. Title of Website, Publisher or Sponsoring Organization, Date of publication or last modified date, URL. Accessed date.

Hoppé, E.O. Lydia Lopokova in 'Petrouchka'. 1919, gelatin silver print. National Portrait Gallery, 2023, www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw196307/Lydia-Lopokova-in-Petrouchka. Accessed 14 Apr. 2023.

Fig. Number. First Name Last Name of Artist, Title of Artwork, Date, Medium

Fig. 3. E.O. Hoppé, Lydia Lopokova in 'Petrouchka', 1919, gelatin silver print

Artwork from website:

Artwork is part of a larger body of work (i.e., included in an article)

Last Name of Artist, First Name. Title of Artwork. Year, Location of Work, medium. "Title of Webpage," by Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Website, Publisher or Sponsoring Organization, Date of publication or last modified date, URL. Accessed date.

Kahlo, Frida. Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird. 1940, Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin, oil on canvas. "Artist Frida Kahlo Transcended Suffering through Art," by Renee Phillips, The Healing Power of Art and Artists, 2023, www.healing-power-of-art.org/frida-kahlo-created-art-that-transcended-her-suffering/. Accessed 14 April 2023. 

Fig. Number. First Name Last Name of Artist, Title of Artwork, Date, Medium

Fig. 4. Frida Kahlo, Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird, 1940, oil on canvas.

Last Name of Artist, First Name. Title of Artwork. Year, Location of Work, medium. Book Title, by Author's Last Name, First Name, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of publication, page number.

Kahlo, Frida. Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird. 1940, Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin, oil on canvas. The Paintings of Frida Kahlo, by Walker, Simon, Bloomsbury, 2012, p. 132. 

Fig. Number. First Name Last Name of Artist, Title of Artwork, Date, Medium

Fig. 5. Frida Kahlo, Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird, 1940, oil on canvas

Note: The Visual Arts guide states that students should ensure their own original work is identified and acknowledged in the same way as other artwork. Work that is sent externally for assessment needs to be anonymous.

Last Name of Artist, First Name. Title of Artwork. Year, medium. 

Candidate's own work. Multicolored abstract. 2021, oil on canvas.

Fig. Number. First Name Last Name of Artist, Title of Artwork, Date, Medium

Fig. 4. Candidate's own work, Multicolored abstract, 2021, oil on canvas.

Note: A standard citation for artwork viewed in person will be most appropriate for the Work Cited List and image caption. However,  if you need to clarify that it is your photograph of the artwork put this information at the end of the figure caption in brackets.

Last Name of Artist, First Name. Title of Artwork.  Date, Medium, Institution (Gallery/Museum), Name of city where the art work or collection is located.

O’Keeffe, Georgia. Black Hollyhock Blue Larkspur. 1930, Oil on Canvas, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe.

Fig. Number. First Name Last Name of Artist, Title of Artwork, Date, Medium

Fig. 1. Georgia O’Keeffe, Black Hollyhock Blue Larkspur, 1930, Oil on Canvas [My photograph of the artwork]

Last Name of Artist, First Name. Title of Exhibition.  Date range of exhibition, Institution (Gallery/Museum), Name of city where the exhibition is/was located.

Abakanowicz, Magdalena. Magdalena Abakanowicz: Every Tangle of Thread and Rope. 17 Nov. 2022 – 21 May 2023, Tate Modern, London.

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Please click on the image link and go to the original website hosting the image. Follow Artwork from Website instructions.