Main entry:

Yeide, Nancy H., 1959- author.

Title & Author:

The AAM guide to provenance research / Nancy H. Yeide, Konstantin Akinsha, Amy L. Walsh.

Publication:

Washington, DC : American Association of Museums, [2001]
©2001

Description:

vii, 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why is provenance important? 1 -- Major trends in collecting European art 1 -- Conducting provenance research 5 -- Part 1 Basic Provenance Research and Principles 7 -- What information do you need? 9 -- Chapter 2 Assembling the Information You Have 11 -- The object 11 -- Institutional files 15 -- Case study: Portrait of James Hay 17 -- Chapter 3 Library Research 21 -- The Artist 21 -- The Collector 24 -- Dealers 28 -- Auctions 28 -- Case study: Holbein, Sir Bryan Tuke 30 -- Chapter 4 How to Record Provenance 33 -- Part 2 Holocaust-Era Provenance Research 37 -- Chapter 6 Historical Overview 41 -- Key dates 41 -- Nazi collecting priorities 41 -- Case study: De Bles, Landscape with Burning City 44 -- Special case: The office of the alien property custodian and the "vesting" of cultural property 46 -- Chapter 7 Prioritizing Your Research 49 -- Mind the gap 49 -- Red flags 50 -- Case study: "Red-flag" names 52 -- Chapter 8 U.S. Resources 55 -- National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) 55 -- Looting 58 -- Case study: Snyders, Still Life with Fruit and Game 68 -- Investigations 71 -- Case study: Two Matisse paintings from the Paul Rosenberg collection 74 -- Claims 78 -- Restitution 94 -- Other U.S. Resources 103 -- Case study: Degas, Landscape with Smokestacks 105 -- Chapter 9 European Resources 109 -- Archives, restitution agencies, and published losses 109 -- Special case: Sales from Soviet museums, 1928-31 134 -- Case study: Cranach, Adam and Eve 135 -- Appendices to Part 1 159.

Summary:

"The AAM Guide to Provenance Research is a much-needed contribution for scholars, professional researchers, and those who shape policy. Here in one volume is a historical overview, description of current methodology, invaluable indices, inventories, and lists of current databases-in-progress."--Back cover.

ISBN:

093120173X (pbk.)
9780931201738 (pbk.)

Subject:

KunstWerk
Art Provenance Research Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Art thefts History 20th century Research Germany Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Art Collectors and collecting Germany History 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 Art and the war.
Art treasures in war Germany History 20th century.
Art Provenance Recherche Guides, manuels, etc.
Objets d'art Vol Allemagne Histoire 20e siècle Recherche Guides, manuels, etc.
Trésors artistiques durant la guerre Allemagne Histoire 20e siècle.
Art Collectionneurs et collections Allemagne Histoire 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Art et guerre.
Vol d'objets d'art Histoire 20e siècle Recherche Allemagne Guides, manuels, etc.
Art treasures in war
Art Collectors and collecting
Kunsthandel
Besitzer
Forschung
Herkunft
Kunstwissenschaft
Methode
Vorbesitzer
Recherche
Kunstraub
Weltkrieg
Kulturgut
Kriegsbeute
Restitution
Kunst
Kunstgeschiedenis (wetenschap)
Wetenschappelijke technieken.
Provenance.
Art.
Objet d'art.
Collection d'art.
Vol (Crime)
Origine.
20e siècle.
Seconde Guerre mondiale (1939-1945)
Germany
Allemagne.

Form/genre:

Guide (Descripteur de forme)
Art
Handbooks and manuals
History
Books.

Added entries:

Walsh, Amy, author.
Akinsha, Konstantin, author.
American Association of Museums.

American Association of Museums guide to provenance research
Provenance research

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 218821
Call No.: N3999 .Y4 2001
Status: Available