Collecting and Provenance

Foreword Lynn H. Nicholas, Independent Scholar Preface Richard Kurin, Smithsonian Institution Introduction Acknowledgements Nick Pearce, University of Glasgow, and Jane C. Milosch, Smithsonian Institution Provenance: Past and Future Challenges 1.The Provenance of Provenances Christian Huemer, OEsterreichische Galerie Belvedere 2.Intellectual Property and Ownership History Christel H. Force, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 3.Provenance Research in Museums: From the Back of the House to the Front Jane C. Milosch and Andrea Hull, Smithsonian Provenance Research Initiative (SPRI) 4.Transforming Research Methodologies: The Frick Art Reference Library's Collaborative Approach Louisa Wood Ruby and Samantha Deutch, The Frick Art Reference Library 5.Digging in Digital Archives: Recovering Context for the Getty Museum's Orpheus Mosaic Nicole Budrovich, J. Paul Getty Museum 6.Exhibiting Provenance in the University Museum: A Case Study Nancy Karrels, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 7.Provenance in 2050 David Newbury, J. Paul Getty Trust, and Louise Lippincott, Carnegie Museum of Art Objects in Motion 8.Provenance as Palimpsest: The Mazarin Venus Judith Barr, J. Paul Getty Museum 9.Archaeology, Fakery, and Lunacy: N.S. Brown's Chinese Neolithic Collection Nick Pearce, University of Glasgow 10.The Importance of Provenance in Nineteenth-Century Paris and Beyond: Four Works of Art from Prince Pierre Soltykoff's Famed Collection of Medieval Art Christine E. Brennan, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 11.The Medieval Bury Chest: Mapping the Journey from Durham Cathedral to the Burrell Collection, Glasgow Elizabeth Hancock, University of Glasgow; Erma Hermens, Rijksmuseum; and Lindsay Gordon, Glasgow Museums 12.Plunder, Dissolution, and Dodgy Dealing: The International Market for Spanish Art in the Nineteenth Century Hilary Macartney, University of Glasgow, and Veronique Gerard Powell, Paris-Sorbonne Universite 13.Documenting the Violin Trade in Paris: The Archives of Albert Caressa and Emile Francais, 1930-1945 Carla Shapreau, University of California, Berkeley; Jean-Philippe Echard and Christine Laloue, Musee de la musique, Paris 14.Twice Plundered, and Still Far from Home: Tracing Nazi-Looted Books in Minsk and Moscow Patricia Kennedy Grimsted, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and the Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University Museums and Collection Formation: Provenancing Art and Nature 15.Lost and Found: Reestablishing Provenance for an Entire Museum Collection Ann McMullen and Maria Galban, National Museum of the American Indian 16.Thomas Pattinson Yeats (1746-1782), Naturalist: Connecting Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland, and William Hunter E. Geoffrey Hancock, University of Glasgow 17.A Kato Mosi Kaka and Other Tongan Treasures from the United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) in the Smithsonian Institution Adrienne L. Kaeppler, National Museum of Natural History 18.Provenance and Place in Indigenous Australia Gaye Sculthorpe, British Museum 19.Pursuing Provenance: Perspectives on the Arts of Africa Christine Mullen Kreamer, National Museum of African Art 20.One Object, Three Histories: Provenancing the Dromedary Louise Lippincott, Carnegie Museum of Art 21.Forest Gold Edward J. Bronikowski, Smithsonian's National Zoological Park Conservation Biology Institute Provenance and Collecting Policies: Practical, Legal, and Ethical Challenges 22.A Voyage into the Half-known: Museum Ethics in the Early Twentieth Century Petra Winter, Staatliche Museen, and Carola Thielecke, Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz 23.Forgotten Language of the Ledger: Signaling Ownership, Authority, and Provenance with Museum Accession Status Joshua Gorman, National Museum of American History 24.The Holy Family on an Unholy Odyssey: Legal Ownership of Stolen Trophy Art Christa Roodt, University of Glasgow 25.Problems, Practices, and Politics of Provenancing Objects from China's Yuanmingyuan Louise Tythacott, University of London 26.Crisis Response and Beyond: The National Gallery of Australia's Asian Art Provenance Project and Other New Initiatives Bronwyn Campbell, National Gallery of Australia 27.Antiquities Trafficking and the Provenance Problem Donna Yates and Emiline Smith, University of Glasgow 28.Before, During, and After: Documenting Museum Collections in Times of Crisis and Disaster Brian I. Daniels and Corine Wegener, Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative Endnotes Index About the Contributors