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Collecting and Provenance Research


Collecting & Provenance Research (Getty Research Institute)

The Getty Provenance Index, which currently contains more than 2.3 million records taken from source material such as archival inventories, auction catalogs, ...

Collecting and Provenance Research: Introduction

Provenance research sheds light on the historical, social, and economic context in which a work of art was created and collected, as well as on ...

Collecting and Provenance Research | Princeton University Art ...

The Museum actively conducts and carries out research on new acquisitions, whether prospectively coming into the collections by purchase or by gift.

Collecting and Provenance: A Multidisciplinary Approach

The study of provenance—the history of the creation and ownership of an artefact, work of art, or specimen—provides insights into the history of taste and ...

Collecting and Provenance Research: Methodology

Provenance research often depends on documents such as wills, archives, receipts, auction sales and dealers' records. Ownership can be ...

Provenance Research - The Art Institute of Chicago

The Art Institute's wide-ranging collection is a testament to thousands of years of human creativity and artistic expression—from ancient Chinese bronzes to ...

Introduction to Provenance Research - Collecting and Provenance

1) Authentication and Attribution: Provenance helps establish the authenticity of an artwork and verify its attribution to a specific artist. It ...

Provenance - National Collections Program

At the Smithsonian, provenance research impacts the universe of our diverse collections, ranging from paintings to pandas, and from rare books to a spacecraft.

Provenance Research - Preserving Heritage - Harn Museum of Art

An important part of that research is the effort to establish the provenance (chain of ownership) of each object in the museum collection. The objective of ...

Provenance Research - Museum of Fine Arts Boston

... collecting. The study of provenance is also critical for legal and ethical reasons. Research into the history of an object may uncover broken chains of ...

Provenance Research Project - MoMA

Researchers at The Museum of Modern Art study the ownership history, or provenance, of works created before 1946 and acquired after 1932.

Provenance and Collecting History - Brooklyn Museum

Museum provenance research typically prioritizes tangible or written documentation of a work's history. This tends to privilege societies that are sedentary and ...

Provenance and ethical collecting | Worcester Art Museum

The Worcester Art Museum encourages curiosity and research regarding the provenance of objects in our collections. A list of resources is available below.

Provenance Research Project - Clark Art Institute

The collection of the Clark features European and American paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, photographs, and decorative arts from the Renaissance to ...

Provenance Research - North Carolina Museum of Art

Lucas Cranach the Elder, Virgin and Child in a Landscape (detail), circa 1518, oil on panel, 16 1/2 — 10 1/4 in., Philipp von Gomperz Collection, Vienna…

Provenance Research - Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art

The Johnson Museum publishes provenance information for accessioned objects in our collection ... collections research. Complete provenance is the exception, not ...

Selected Collections - Provenance Research Resources

A guide to Getty Library archives at related to provenance, the art market, and the history of collecting.

Research on Museum Collection Provenance | The J. Paul Getty ...

"Provenance" is the history of an artwork, encompassing the details of its origin, past ownership, sale timelines and previous locations.

Provenance Research - Philadelphia Museum of Art

Knowledge about individual collectors and their collections can provide insights into the history of taste and the habits of collectors, dealers, and the ...

Collecting and Provenance: A Multidisciplinary Approach - Looted Art

This book promotes the study of the history of collecting and collections ... provenance research, international cultural heritage, and training programs.