Incorporating Nazi-era sales catalogs into the Getty Provenance Index took a small team about two years. Here’s how they did the work. More»
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Publishing German Sales, A Look under the Hood of the Getty Provenance Index
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From Auction to Gallery: A Major Renaissance Portrait Drawing for the Getty
I find auctions terrifying. Mesmerizing, but terrifying. When a major early Renaissance portrait drawing came up for auction at Sotheby’s in New York a month ago, my stomach was in my mouth. It was the sort of drawing one hardly… More»
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