Provenance Program · Submission
Submit a work for review.
If you have a work whose record you would like documented — prior ownership, exhibition history, attribution opinion, indicated market range — the Provenance Program reviews submissions on an ongoing basis.
What to expect
An honest record. No invention.
Provenance research takes time. We document what is verifiable, mark clearly what is not, and decline to assert beyond the evidence. The review is not an authentication or a valuation: it is documentation of what is known about the work.
Submissions are accepted by appointment. The first conversation is informal — what you have, where it came from, what you already know about it. From there we agree on whether the work is a candidate for full research.
Bring or send
Images of the front, back, signature and edges. Any paperwork: receipts, letters, exhibition stickers, prior appraisals, family records. Dimensions and medium where known.
We review
Material and stylistic examination, archival research, comparable sales review. Where appropriate, consultation with outside specialists.
You receive
A written file: prior ownership where known, exhibition history where traceable, attribution opinion, and an indicated market range drawn from comparable sales. The file follows the work.