Authenticity: Books and dissertations

 

E-books

Some e-books about authenticity are collected here.

Most other e-books will be found with Summon.

However please also see the e-book guide for:

• more info about the e-book collections available in Summon
• links to other e-book collections which need to be searched separately from Summon

 

Catalogues Raisonnés Database
A catalogue raisonné aims to be a comprehensive catalogue of an artist's body of work.  It is possible to search the database for online catalogues only, but please note this will not always find you the most recent or authoritative catalogues: it is worth checking against the list of physical catalogues to see what else has been published.  For more info about catalogues raisonnés, see the International Catalogue Raisonné Association (ICRA) and the Catalogue Raisonné Scholars Association (CRSA).

 

Index to Catalogues Raisonnés of Works on Paper
Covers European and American prints, print publishers, drawings, and photographs; and Japanese prints and photographs.

 

Books

Key areas of the library include, in the basement:

• AB.AUT  authenticity: both concepts of authenticity, and case studies
• AB.CON art conservation
• AB.ETH ethics in the art world, including thefts and looting
• AB.FAK fakes and forgeries
• PAT1.LOS lost works of art and recovered works of art
• PAT1.PROV provenance

And on the first floor:

• FIA1.COLO colour in fine art
• FIA1.TEC technical studies of fine art.
• FIA8 individual fine artists, including catalogues raisonnés and many other works which discuss the attribution of paintings and other works. Most catalogues raisonnés are listed here.

 

Dissertations

Dissertations completed by previous MA students at SIA will often be useful, for their bibliographies as well as the original research and analysis they contain.

• partial list of dissertations about authenticity in the London library
• partial list of dissertations about conservation in the London library 
• partial list of dissertations about fakes and forgeries in the London library


• partial list of online dissertations about authenticity in the New York library
• partial list of online dissertations about conservation in the New York library
• partial list of online dissertations about fakes and forgeries in the New York library

See also:

• guide to looking at SIA dissertations
• dissertations and theses from other colleges and universities