The AAM guide to provenance research /
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| Author / Creator: | Yeide, Nancy H., 1959- |
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| Imprint: | Washington, DC : American Association of Museums, c2001. |
| Description: | vii, 304 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4748362 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Why is provenance important?
- Major trends in collecting European art
- Conducting provenance research
- How to use this guide
- Part 1. Basic Provenance Research and Principles
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- What information do you need?
- Chapter 2. Assembling the Information You Have
- The object
- Institutional files
- Case study: Portrait of James Hay
- Chapter 3. Library Research
- The Artist
- The Collector
- Dealers
- Auctions
- Case study: Holbein, Sir Bryan Tuke
- Chapter 4. How to Record Provenance
- Sample format for recording provenance
- Part 2. Holocaust-Era Provenance Research
- Chapter 5. Introduction
- Chapter 6. Historical Overview
- Key dates
- Nazi collecting priorities
- Case study: De Bles, Landscape with Burning City
- Special case: The office of the alien property custodian and the "vesting" of cultural property
- Chapter 7. Prioritizing Your Research
- Mind the gap
- Red flags
- Case study: "Red-flag" names
- Chapter 8. U.S. Resources
- National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
- Looting
- Case study: Snyders, Still Life with Fruit and Game
- Investigations
- Case study: Two Matisse paintings from the Paul Rosenberg collection
- Claims
- Restitution
- Other U.S. Resources
- Case study: Degas, Landscape with Smokestacks
- Chapter 9. European Resources
- Archives, restitution agencies, and published losses
- Special case: Sales from Soviet museums, 1928-31
- Case study: Cranach, Adam and Eve
- Conclusion
- Contributors
- Glossary
- Illustrations
- Index
- Appendices to Part 1
- Appendix A. Selected bibliography on the history of collecting: collectors, collections, grand tours
- Appendix B. Selected biographical research resources
- Appendix C. Selected bibliography of dealers and dealers' memoirs
- Appendix D. Dealer archives and locations
- Appendix E. Selected resources for auction sales and exhibitions
- Appendix F. Selected art libraries and photographic archives
- Appendices to Part 2
- Appendix G. Selected bibliography on looting and restitution
- Appendix H. The Art Looting Investigation Unit (ALIU) List
- Appendix I. Selected "red-flag" names from the ALIU List
- Appendix J. List of Consolidated and Detailed Interrogation Reports
- Appendix K. List of Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR) codes
