With our combined experience and knowledge acquired at major art museums, auction houses and galleries, we established Provenance Research Associates in 2009 to offer confidential, professional services to clients worldwide for works of art from the 15th-20th centuries.

We offer a wide range of services for Museums, Scholars, Art World Professionals, as well as Collectors:

+Conduct thorough research and documentation of ownership history for objects in collections and intended acquisitions

+Work with institutions to establish and maintain provenance guidelines, designing provenance manuals, forms, and procedures for use in-house

+Prepare a suitable research strategy in association with restitution requests, including investigating resources and archives worldwide, and providing comprehensive research reports

+Specialize in conducting provenance research on large gifts and bequests

+Work with institutions and curatorial departments to create and edit Online Public provenance formats 

+Advise and assist private collectors with collection inventories, exhibition loans, appraisals, conservation, acquisitions and de-accessions

+Develop lectures, exhibitions, and articles related to object ownership history, collectors and collections, archival research, and provenance research methodology

+Conduct research on behalf of institutions and individuals, such as provenance and art market research, artist attribution, biographical research, and copyright research for exhibitions, publications, dissertations, lectures, and on works of art offered by galleries and auction houses worldwide

Patricia A. Teter-Schneider and  Casie N. Kesterson

Contact us to discuss how we can help with your project