Why can I find any data on 20th-century artists like Picasso, Monet, or Matisse in the Archival Documents or Sale Catalogs databases?
There is no 20th-century information in Archival Documents or Sale Catalogs, and very little from the second half of the 19th century. The Archival Documents database contains information from roughly 1550 to 1850 and the Sale Catalogs database covers roughly 1650 to 1840. For more information on current coverage, see the appropriate Overview page in either database. For more information on future coverage, see the Forthcoming section under About the Databases. For 20th-century provenance information for paintings in public collections, see the Public Collections database.
