Collecting and Provenance -

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Résumé :
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, ?sterreichische 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...

Biographie:

Jane Milosch directs the Smithsonian Institution's Provenance Research Exchange Program, and was founding director of the Provenance Research Initiative (SPRI), which focused on WWII-era provenance research, international cultural heritage, and training programs. She previously served as Senior Program Officer for Art, leading pan-institutional programs and strategic planning efforts, and was appointed the U.S. Representative to Germany's Schwabing Art Trove Task Force. She has held curatorial positions at the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC. and in Detroit, Iowa, and Munich, Germany, and is an Honorary Professor in the School of Culture & Creative Arts, University of Glasgow. She was awarded the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2020.

Nick Pearce holds the Sir John Richmond Chair of Fine Art at the University of Glasgow, and specializes in the arts of China, most particularly in the context of the history of collecting. His career has spanned both museums and universities, as he has held positions at the Victoria & Albert Museum, The Burrell Collection in Glasgow, and at Durham and Edinburgh universities. He joined the University of Glasgow in 1998, where he has held the positions of Head of History of Art and Head of the School of Culture & Creative Arts, and is a Smithsonian Research Associate.