Provenance Provenance Provenance (from the French "provenir", 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody or location of a historical object. The term was originally mostly used in relation to works of art but is now used in similar senses in a wide range of fields, including archaeology, paleontology, archives, manuscripts, printed books and science and computing. The primary purpose of tracing the provenance of an object or entity is normally to provide contextual and circumstantial evidence for its original production or discovery, by establishing, as far as practicable, its later history, especially the sequences of its formal ownership,
Artwork damaged or destroyed in the September 11 attacks Artwork damaged or destroyed in the September 11 attacks An estimated $110 million of art was lost in the September 11 attacks: $100 million in private art and $10 million in public art. The attacks were said to be "the biggest single disaster ever to affect the [art] industry". The Port Authority held an estimated 100 pieces of art work at the World Trade Center Complex, in addition to the seven public works of art that had been created for the World Trade Center, all of which were destroyed or severely damaged. An estimated $10 million worth of public art