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The scope of biographical research in art authentications can be broad.
Biographical research demands a firm grasp of the historical setting, the the individual's environment. It often entails tracking down detailed information about an artist's family and friends to flesh out his milieu. Of course, a thorough job sometimes involves research into the lives of art dealers, collectors, museum curators, and others with whom the artist had significant interaction.
We start with published sources and have access to the best art research libraries in the world. We check and double-check every assertion in the published sources against primary evidence; diaries, account books, letters. We often consult unpublished written sources such as disserations or theses.
With seventeen art history Ph.D.s on our team, thirty-five catalogs raisonnes to our credit, nearly 1,000 books and catalogues pusblished by our specialistsm we know how to effectively research your painting.
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