Analysing provenance gaps with CHATGPT4O

Can LLM Chatbots automate the analysis of provenance texts in order to detect potentially problematic provenances for the Nazi-era?

In this post we ask ChatGPT4O to "help us to look for gaps in the provenance (Provenance)?"

Holocaust victims and refugees in art provenances

Museums and auction houses rarely mention that a name in a provenance of an artwork corresponds to a person who was robbed and murdered by the Nazis or a Jewish refugee fleeing to escape the Holocaust.

This Wikidata Sparql query displays a few of the art collector whose names are absolutely to be considered red flags in provenances because they either died in the Holocaust or were forced to flee to survive.

Wikidata query run 18 May 2024: Short link: https://w.wiki/A7pr

Table: Art Collectors and Dealers who died in the Holocaust or were forced to flee