Museum Collections and Names of Concern in Provenance

The following names are linked to Holocaust art and restitution cases stemming from the persecution of Jews in the Nazi era. Their presence in a provenance is a Flag that requires serious verification. (For art galleries, see "More Names of Concern".

Wikidata Queries and AI LLMs: better dataviz with ChatGPT4O

Paintings owned by family and business connections to Presidents of the Swiss Art Dealers Association

The above graph, generated by a Wikidata query, can be made easier to understand with help from AI.

Steps:

1. Run Wikidata query: 

Short link to Wikidata Query: 

https://w.wiki/Cdse

2. Download  CSV from Wikidata Query 

3.  Upload into ChatGPT4o with the following prompt:

"please graph - pay attention to edges"

Here is a graph representing the relationships between Swiss Art Dealer Association Presidents, their business or family connections, and associated paintings. The edges are labeled to indicate the type of connection, and node colors differentiate between SwissArtpres (blue), connections (green), and paintings (orange). Let me know if you'd like further adjustments

chatGPT40 : "Here is the updated graph with adjusted label positions to minimize overlap. Labels are placed with a background for clarity, and the spacing between nodes has been increased to make the connections easier to read. Let me know if you need further refinements! "​

Morton D. May, itineraries of selected artworks

(Above) Sankey of Provenance of The Little Mountain Goats

--

(Below) Interactive Sankey for several artworks

• The Little Mountain Goats
• Pitcher and Fruit Bowl
• View from the Window
• Artillerymen in the Shower
• Spring
• The Dream

data extracted by ChatGPT4o

(note that the itinerary for Artillerymen does not include the earlier provenance)

Erroneous provenance graph with links to source documents

AIC names extracted from Provenances (artworks by so called "degenerate" artists)

Names extracted from the provenance texts of artworks in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago who were created by artists whom the Nazis labelled "degenerate"

See also: https://www.openartdata.org/2024/12/Art-Institute-Chicago-degenerate-artists-provenanc%20e.html

or

See DATASET with provenances HERE