A Painting, Sculpture, or Photograph:
An item that you see in person will have this information in the citation:
- Artist's name (last, first)
- Title of the artwork in italics
- Date of creation
- Name of the institution that houses the artwork followed by the location of the institution - if the institutions location is not in its name.
Van Gogh, Vincent. The Starry Night. 1889, Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Photographic Reproductions of Artwork:
These are images that you can find in a book. Begin the citation just like you would for the original artwork, but also cite the bibliographic information for the source in which the photograph appears, including page or reference numbers (plate, figure, etc.).
Book:
Van Gogh, Vincent. Night Café. 1889, Yale University Gallery, New Haven. Gardener's Art Through the Ages v. II, 13 ed., by Fred S. Kleiner, Wardsworth, 1994, p. 666.
Journal Article:
Cox, George C. "Walt Whitman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, wearing hat." 1887, Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division. By Christian Winman, Atlantic, vol. 298, no. 5, Dec. 2006, p. 75.
Book with an Illustrator:
Reproduced with Permission to use from Pete the Cat, LLC
Litwin, Eric. Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes. Illustrated by James Dean, HarperCollins, 2010.
"MLA Works Cited: Other Common Sources." Purdue Online Writing Lab, 23 Aug. 2018, https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_works_cited_other_common_sources.html