DATASET: Names in new Getty Provenance Index

 In searching the new Getty Provenance Index, it can be useful to know the "preferred name" as recorded in ULAN, especially when performing a facetted search in the Knoedler files.

Below is a Dataset of names that may be helpful.  The data was retrieved on May 24, 2025. 

The uploaded CSV file contains 61,418 rows and 7 columns. It contains entities (mostly people or organizations) associated with the Getty Provenance Index, particularly those classified as E21_Person or E74_Group in the CIDOC CRM ontology.

Column Name	Description	Non-null Count
URI Linkedart json	The Linked.Art JSON URI for the entity	61,418
name	Preferred name of the person or organization	61,418
ulan	Getty ULAN (Union List of Artist Names) identifier	26,648
starId	Internal Getty Provenance Index identifier (STAR system)	28,500
birthYear	Birth year (if known, usually for people)	15,221
biography	Biographical note or description	10,521

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Pinakos Inc joint owner network in the Knoedler files

Pinakos, owned by Rudolph Heinemann, is a name that pops up in Nazi-looted art and false provenances.

However, the Pinakos name has a tendency to be scrubbed from provenance records, replaced either by its owner, Heinemann, or, occasionally, its frequent partner, Knoedler.

This is a pity because while Heinemann and Knoedler operated over long periods of time, including long before WWII, Pinakos is a name that appears only at very specific times. (So specific that it can be used to date undated ledger entrees.)

Pinakos Inc is rarely found alone in the Knoedler ledgers. Usually it appears as a "joint owner". An interesting pattern is Pinakos as first a "joint owner" and then, without the other partner, a seller in a separate ledger entree.

Pinakos Inc often appears in leger entrees "carried forward". Some transactions involve exchanges or returns with several different Knoedler numbers.

This post examines "joint owners" which appear in the Knoedler ledgers together with Pinakos. 

Tips for advanced search and download on the new Getty Provenance Index: VIDEO

The new Getty Provenance Index can be confusing to use. Here are some tips for advanced search and download on the new GPI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbf0QjHWQ_8

Demo:
- simple search on Pinakos,
- selection of provenance activity facet
- narrowing to a specific art market actor, (Swiss art dealer Fritz Nathan)
- download into CSV file of the five artworks that Fritz Nathan sold to Pinakos and Knoedler (who acquired jointly)

Tip: Downloading works if you don't select the optional "Export as system values". 

(In the videos I keep the mistakes so that viewer can recognize them and not panic if they make the same.)

Frederick Mont in RKD records

Frederick Mont, AKA Fritz Mondschein or Galerie Sanct Lucas, is a name that has popped up in Nazi looted art and in forgeries, and, for this reason, a name of interest for provenance researchers and art crime specialists.

Below are artworks in the RKD data that mention "Mont, Frederick" retrieved by a Sparql query at: 

https://rkd.triply.cc/rkd/RKD-Knowledge-Graph/sparql

To see the full provenance click on the RKD link.

(Art Historians: Note the number of Art Looting Investigation Unit Red Flag Names that appear in the full provenances)

See also:Art Dealers in Provenance: Frederick Mont at the Toledo Museum of Art and LACMA 

and Frederick Mont or Mondschein in Provenances of the Getty Provenance Index Public Collections Database 

and Fritz Mont, Frederick Mondschein and Galerie Sanct Lucas

Frederick Mont in RDK database provenances

RKD and Collections Trust Spoliation Reports: Antoine Seilern

Antoine Seilern and the Princess Gates Bequest appear in many provenances. This post gathers together information from the RKD and the UK Collections Trusts.