# Art Institute of Chicago Artwork Lookup

> Art Institute of Chicago Artwork Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from saylorinnovations.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-30).

Looks up an Art Institute of Chicago artwork record by title or artist, returning provenance, exhibition history, and object metadata

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://saylorinnovations.com/api/provenance/artwork?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-30
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/art-institute-of-chicago-artwork-lookup-a4a1ea19
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_1UBh_tFawaI17GJKpDd7D

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability art-institute-of-chicago-artwork-lookup-a4a1ea19
```

Example prompt: Can you look up the Art Institute of Chicago's official record for Grant Wood's 'American Gothic' — I need the provenance text, medium, dimensions, and whether the image is in the public domain?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured museum-grade metadata for artworks in the Art Institute of Chicago collection, especially provenance text, exhibition history, public domain status, and official record links. Prefer this over generic web search when you need authoritative, structured data sourced directly from the museum's records. Best suited for art due diligence, editorial licensing checks, academic research, and art history queries.

## Known failure modes

- Query too short or too long (must be 2-120 characters) — returns error
- No matching artwork found — returns found: false with empty or null fields
- Ambiguous query matches multiple artworks — primary result may be wrong, but alternate_matches array will contain candidates
- Artwork exists but provenance text is null — museum record may be incomplete
- Image URL may be null if the museum has not digitized the work

## How this service works

Art Institute of Chicago artwork record with provenance, exhibition history and object metadata

## Output

A JSON object indicating whether a match was found, with fields for the artwork title, artist, date, medium, dimensions, provenance text, credit line, reference number, image URL, record URL, public domain status, the interpreted query, and an array of alternate candidate matches. A caveat field is always included to flag any limitations of the result.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "q"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "q": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "artwork title or artist text, 2-120 characters (query; required unless id is supplied)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "json"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "found",
      "id",
      "title",
      "record_url",
      "caveat"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "id": {
       "type": "integer",
       "description": "Identifier of the record"
      },
      "date": {
       "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
       ],
       "description": "Date (YYYY-MM-DD)"
      },
      "found": {
       "type": "boolean",
       "description": "True when the lookup matched a record"
      },
      "query": {
       "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
       ],
       "description": "The query as the server interpreted it"
      },
      "title": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Title"
      },
      "artist": {
       "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
       ],
       "description": "Artist"
      },
      "caveat": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Caveat to keep in mind when using this result"
      },
      "medium": {
       "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
       ],
       "description": "Medium or materials"
      },
      "source": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Data source the values come from"
      },
      "image_url": {
       "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
       ],
       "description": "Image URL"
      },
      "dimensions": {
       "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
       ],
       "description": "Physical dimensions"
      },
      "record_url": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Record URL"
      },
      "credit_line": {
       "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
       ],
       "des
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```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/art-institute-of-chicago-artwork-lookup-a4a1ea19/health.json
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