Artist archive
Documents, photographs, notebooks and records preserved to study an artist's work and process.
Example
The Musée Picasso combines artworks with a large archive, allowing exhibitions to show drafts and decisions.
Sources: museepicassoparis.fr
Related terms
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Monographic museum
A museum centred on one artist's work, life or archive rather than a broad period or school.
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Catalogue raisonné
A scholarly catalogue that aims to document all known works by an artist or within a defined body of work.
Collections and curating
Acceptance in lieu
A French mechanism that allows significant works to be transferred to the state in payment of inheritance tax.
Collections and curating
Permanent collection
The works an institution holds and presents over time, although individual objects may rotate or leave display.
