The Art Institute of Chicago

Getty Provenance Index Databases

Includes three databases to assist in provenance research, including Sale Catalogs, a database that indexes works of art from auction catalogs. It covers sales in Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and Scandanavia.

Types of material covered: Sales catalogs
Dates covered: 1650-1840
Access note: Free access. Available to everyone.

Getty Research Portal

An online search platform providing global access to digitized art history texts in the public domain. Through this multilingual, multicultural union catalog, scholars can search and download complete digital copies of publications for the study of art, architecture, material culture, and related fields.

Types of material covered: Digitized full text publications.
Access note: Free access. Available to everyone.

Gordon's Photography Prices

Covers auction and dealer sales for photographs of all styles and periods, as well as books and periodicals with original photographs.

Types of material covered: Auction and dealer activity for houses and dealers covered.
Dates covered: 1970-current year, updated weekly.
Access note: Reference desk access only.

Gordon's Print Prices & Lawrence's Dealer Print Prices

Gordon's & Lawrence's Combined Fine Print Database includes Gordon's Print Price Annual (1986-current year) and Lawrence's Dealer Print Prices (1992-current year). Provides auction activity and dealer catalog prices on old master, modern, and contemporary fine prints; decorative, sporting, botanical, etc. prints; posters; livres d'artiste, books and periodicals with original graphics.

Types of material covered: Auction and dealer activity for houses and dealers covered
Dates covered: Gordon's Print Price Annual (1986-current year), updated weekly. Lawrence's Dealer Print Prices (1992-current year), updated monthly.
Access note: Reference desk access only.