DATASET: Art Institute of Chicago Provenance texts for artworks created before 1945 and acquired after 1932

 Dataset Name: Enhanced AIC Provenance Research Dataset

Description: This enhanced Provenance dataset has been constructed from  information available on the public internet site of the Art Institute of Chicago 

The dataset focuses on artworks created before 1945 and acquired after 1932. 

It merges the list of artworks on the Nazi Era Provenance Internet Portal with provenance texts published on the AIC's detailed item pages, as well as other artworks not on NEPIP. 

This dataset is intended to facilitate research into Holocaust-era provenance for scholars, art historians and families. 

The original and best source of information concerning provenance remains the Art Institute of Chicago's public website.


Original data sources that were merged to create new dataset:

• Art Institute of Chicago NEPIP list 2017
• Provenance texts published on the Art Institute of Chicago's public website in August 2024

Columns include: Source Url, Artist, Title, Date, Medium, Credit Line, AccNum, Provenance, Exhibitions, Dimensions, Publications, Created before 1945, Acquired after 1932, NEPIP

(Created before 1945, Acquired after 1932, NEPIP are boolean TRUE or FALSE)

Format: Google Sheets 

View: 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YbvwjDCL6JUacB9Juem4ONAHF10C-y_OAPlcxVNtbds/pubhtml?gid=1608734339&single=true

Download: 

 CSV

Publication Date: 26 August 2024

Permalink: https://www.openartdata.org/2024/08/DATASET-Art-provenance-Chicago-AIC.html

(see also: Alsdorf in provenances of the AIC)

Analyzing Nazi-era provenance gaps with ChatGPT

"The painting was bought at the auction in 1940 by a Dutch man, S.B.S. Slijper"

see: Heirs Sue for Return of a Kandinsky, Saying It Was Looted by Nazis, NYT,  https://www.lootedart.com/news.php?r=SBYXH2908751

Who was S.B.S. Slijper?

Dashboard and Metrics Needed for Nazi-Era Provenance Research: Some Suggestions

Are we there yet? What is the Estimated Time of Arrival? 

Dashboards with objective measurements provide clarity and transparency in project management.  Below are some suggested indicators for monitoring the progress of Nazi-era provenance research projects in various collections both institutional and private:

• Total Artworks in Collection

• Total Artworks Online

• Total European artworks created before 1945 and acquired after 1933

• Total NEPIP (or artworks listed in Nazi Era Provenance Research Projects) items

• Total Provenances published online for NEPIP (or artworks listed in Nazi Era Provenance Research Projects) items

• Total Provenances published online for European artworks

• Completion Date for publication online of provenances

• Project Manager

• Provenance Transparency Index Score

Question for the community: What other indicators would be helpful? 


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author: OAD
published by: Open Art Data
Date of Publication: 01/24/2020
url/permalink: https://www.openartdata.org/2020/01/art-provenance-dashboard-metrics.html

Art Museums in Switzerland

Switzerland has many excellent art museums

How are Swiss art museums doing on provenance? Which museums do -- and which museums do not -- publish online provenance texts for their art collections? Have all issues regarding Nazi-era provenance been resolved as 2020 begins? What work remains to be done? Who is doing it? With what resources, goals and deadlines?

In a new series of posts, OAD will look at the situation in Switzerland regarding the provenance of artworks.