15. SALES/AUCTION CATALOGS AND PROVENANCE INDEXES
Avery Library generally does not collect auction house catalogs, nor do we have a strong collection of price indexes. Such catalogs are collected extensively by several libraries within New York area museums, most notably the Watson Library of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Frick Art Reference Library. These two libraries also subscribe to a substantial collection of sales catalog indexes online. Both libraries are open to graduate students with student identification. Undergraduates need an introductory letter from a faculty member. Call ahead to make an appointment, and confirm their hours.
Guides
Yelde, Nancy H. The AAM guide to provenance research (2001)
[Avery Fine Arts Reference N7436 Y36]
Historical
Getty Provenance Index.
Database at the J. Paul Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, Santa Monica, CA. Info. available through the Getty. Dir: Burton Fredericksen. Search in CLIO as keyword: Provenence Index to retrieve a list of titles we own produced by the Getty Provenence Index. One example: Index of Paintings Sold in the British Isles During the 19th Century. (1989 to date) [Avery Fine Arts Reference N8680 In2]
Graves, A. Art Sales. 3 vols. (1918)
[Avery Fine Arts Reference N 8680 G78]
English paintings, 18th to early 20th cent.
SCIPIO Database.
[Available in the libraries of New York University, Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art (Watson Library)]
Back to 1599.
H. Lancour. American Art Auction Catalogues 1785-1942. (1944)
[Avery Fine Arts Reference N 3000 AL22]
Lugt, F. Les Marques des Collections des Dessins et d'Estampes. (1921; suppl. 1956)
[Avery Fine Arts Reference N 8380 L96]
Classic dictionary of collectors' marks. Good for provenance studies.
Lugt's Répertoire online.
Provides access to two different databases: the Répertoire online database and the Libraries database. The Répertoire online is the online edition of the Répetoire des catalogues de ventes publiques, by Frits Lugt. Recently discovered catalogues have been added, and corrections to the original work have been made. The database can be consulted both in French and in English. Corrections and additions to the database will be constantly added. The Libraries database provides the opportunity to search through libraries with holdings of art sales catalogues. We also have in paper: Répertoire des Catalogues des Ventes Publiques:1600-1925. 3 vols. (1938 to date) [Avery Fine Arts Reference N 3000 AL96]
Current
Artfact (online)
[Available in the libraries of the Frick Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art (Watson Library)]
Back to the 1980s.
ArtNet (database)
[Available in the libraries of the Frick Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art (Watson Library)]
Back to 1985.
Art Price Annual International. (1998 to date)
[Avery Fine Arts Reference N1 Ar75781]
Art Sales Index (online)
[On-line version held at the Frick Museum Art Reference Library]
Back to the 1920s.
Gordon's Print Price Annual. (online )
[On-line version held at the Frick Museum Art Reference Library and the New York Public Library]
Prints back to 1985, photographs back to 1970.
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