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The Intersection of Provenance Research and Technology in Fine Art 

JSK Fine Art Appraisals

Aside from these markers, appraisers rely on other forms of documentation such as auction records, catalogue raisonne , and other historical archives that researchers have access to that can help establish a working timeline of the artworks history.

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Shannon’s Sets New Record

Maine Antique Digest

Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, Connecticut, established a new auction record for artist Alfred T. Bricher (1837-1908) on October 24. Morning at Narragansett—The Turn of the Tide sold for $337,500 (includes buyer’s premium); the estimate was $150,000/200,000.

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8 Famous Color Field Paintings that Define the Genre

Invaluable

Mark Rothko’s piece, Orange, Red, Yellow , even set an auction record in the post-war category when it sold for close to $87 million in 2012. As the century advanced, though, the formerly dismissed color field painting was embraced by critics and enthusiasts.