{"id":41159,"date":"2020-12-21T15:57:37","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T20:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/?p=41159"},"modified":"2024-09-04T16:48:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T20:48:51","slug":"a-story-about-altering-provenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2020\/12\/a-story-about-altering-provenance\/","title":{"rendered":"A Story About Altering Provenance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_41180\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/le_pho_e1384_les_tulipes_wm.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41180\" class=\"wp-image-41180\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/le_pho_e1384_les_tulipes_wm-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"tulips in a vase\" width=\"140\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/le_pho_e1384_les_tulipes_wm-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/le_pho_e1384_les_tulipes_wm-749x1024.jpg 749w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/le_pho_e1384_les_tulipes_wm-768x1050.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/le_pho_e1384_les_tulipes_wm.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-41180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Le Pho<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As we have always said, every work has a provenance, but the full provenance of every work is not always known.\u00a0 Now, you should expect that when one of the major auction rooms offers a work, they will do their best to have as complete a provenance as possible. Well, as you will soon see, that is not always the case.<\/p>\n<p>In November of 2019, our gallery acquired a beautiful still life by the Vietnamese artist Le Pho.\u00a0 In July, a collector of Vietnamese art purchased the painting and was very happy with it.\u00a0 In October, while looking through all the auction sites, we noticed that a Modern &amp; Contemporary sale was taking place in Hong Kong and decided to see what was included.\u00a0 Lo and behold, the Le Pho we sold was in the sale with an estimate of HK$150-260K ($19,335-33,514) \u2026 which was much less than we sold it for.\u00a0 It seemed odd, but what do I know?<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, while looking at the catalog entry, I noticed the following provenance:<\/p>\n<p>Wally Findlay Galleries, USA<br \/>\nAcquired from the above gallery by the previous owner<br \/>\nPrivate Collection, USA<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_41166\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/leo_pho_verso_detail.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41166\" class=\"wp-image-41166\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/leo_pho_verso_detail-300x153.jpg\" alt=\"detail - reverse of le pho\" width=\"260\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/leo_pho_verso_detail-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/leo_pho_verso_detail-1024x522.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/leo_pho_verso_detail-768x392.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/leo_pho_verso_detail-1536x783.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/leo_pho_verso_detail.jpg 1794w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-41166\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Verso &#8211; Detail<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I found it strange that they were inferring that our gallery bought it from Wally Findlay, when, in fact, we bought it from a collector who acquired it years ago.\u00a0 Also, our name \u2018Rehs\u2019 and the inventory number are visible on the stretcher.\u00a0 On October 12th, I decided to write an email to Christie\u2019s and let them know that their cataloging was incorrect.<\/p>\n<p><em>I noticed that you are offering a painting by Le Pho \u2013 lot 19. <\/em><em>Your provenance is not complete.\u00a0 We sold that painting this year (I assume to the seller). <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/Le_Pho_Les_Tulipes_Tulips_Viburnum_and_Anemones.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>https:\/\/rehs.com\/Le_Pho_Les_Tulipes_Tulips_Viburnum_and_Anemones.html<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>You will also note in the image you feature on your site that the name REHS (along with our inventory number) is written at the bottom of the stretcher.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On the 15th I received a reply from Winnie Wan:<\/p>\n<p><em>Dear Mr Rehs,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Thank you very much for highlighting the provenance of lot 19.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We generally do not include past auction records from auction houses apart from Christie\u2019s and Sotheby\u2019s. Hence, for us this auction record is considered complete. However, for any enquiries we can mention it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Should you have further concerns, please feel free to contact us.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>My reply to Ms. Wan:<\/p>\n<p><em>We are not an auction house \u2026 we have an art gallery in New York City.\u00a0 We bought that painting and then sold it to the individual who is now selling it.\u00a0 [W]e owned the painting outright (had clear title), so your provenance is not complete as stated in the catalog.\u00a0 Of course, you can sell it as you see fit, but do note that I have now told you your provenance is incomplete.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I never received a reply.\u00a0 Now I am sure you are thinking, what did the painting make? HK$625,000 ($80,634) \u2026 yes, that was more than we sold it for.<\/p>\n<p>The word \u2018provenance\u2019, according to the dictionary, is a record of ownership of a work of art or an antique, used as a guide to authenticity or quality.\u00a0 The key word here is \u2018ownership.\u2019 As a previous owner, the gallery&#8217;s name should have been included. Also, an auction room should almost never be included in the provenance since they never (or rarely) own the work being sold.\u00a0 They are a middleman, and as they have always stated, title passes from the seller to the buyer when the hammer falls.<\/p>\n<p>We see this time and again, auction rooms leaving out parts of the provenance that might make the sale more difficult.\u00a0 The salerooms are always trying to make people believe they are being as transparent as possible \u2026 obviously, that is a bunch of \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we have always said, every work has a provenance, but the full provenance of every work is not always known.\u00a0 Now, you should expect that when one of the major auction rooms offers a work, they will do their &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2020\/12\/a-story-about-altering-provenance\/?contemporary=N\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":41180,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[20,1193,1194,1195,397],"class_list":["post-41159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rehs-galleries","category-rehs-contemporary","tag-auction-results","tag-auctions","tag-le-pho","tag-misinformation","tag-provenance"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Story About Altering Provenance - Rehs Galleries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2020\/12\/a-story-about-altering-provenance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Story About Altering Provenance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As we have always said, every work has a provenance, but the full provenance of every work is not always known.\u00a0 Now, you should expect that when one of the major auction rooms offers a work, they will do their &hellip; More...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2020\/12\/a-story-about-altering-provenance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rehs Galleries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RehsGalleriesInc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/howard.rehs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-12-21T20:57:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-04T20:48:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/le_pho_e1384_les_tulipes_wm.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Howard L. 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