A standard wall label lists, in order: the artist's name; their nationality and life dates; the title of the work in italics followed by the year; the medium or materials; the dimensions; and the credit line or collection. Commercial galleries often replace the credit line with the price or 'Price on request.' An optional interpretive caption of one or two sentences can follow.
Museum, or 'tombstone,' labels are set in a strict order: Artist name (bold), nationality and life dates, Title (italic) and date, medium, dimensions (height before width, often in both inches and centimeters), and the credit line with accession number. This generator formats each field in that order automatically.
Most galleries use labels between 3 and 5 inches wide and 2 to 4 inches tall, mounted 4 to 6 inches to the lower right of the work at about 58 to 60 inches on center. This tool prints labels at roughly 3.5 inches wide, several to a page, so you can print on card stock and cut them out.
Height before width, then depth for three-dimensional work (the museum convention). Include the unit and, for museum labels, both inches and centimeters, for example: 60 × 40 in (152.4 × 101.6 cm) Read the result against your drawings, product sheets, or listing rules before you rely on it in a client meeting.
Yes. The tool is free to use in your browser with no signup required. Nothing is installed, and you can run as many calculations as you need for planning. Confirm critical figures with product data or a licensed professional before construction.