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provenance|ˈprɒvənəns|
[a. F. provenance (prɔvnɑ̃s) Dict. Acad. 1835, f. provenant, pres. pple. of provenir to come forth, arise, ad. L. prōvenīre: see provene.]
a. The fact of coming from some particular source or quarter; origin, derivation.
1785E. Sheridan Jrnl. (1960) 61 Miss Anstruther as I before mention'd Elegant, fashionable in her appearance, but nothing of that provenance in her manner that caught me so much in Miss Brook. 1861C. W. King Ant. Gems (1866) 80 Supposing this statement as to the provenance of the hoard to be essentially true. 1884A. Lang Custom & Myth 13 He would have some difficulty in guessing its provenance, and naming the race from which it was brought. 1893J. T. Bent Ruined Cities Mashonaland vi. 204 Beads of doubtful provenance, though some of them may be considered as Egyptian of the Ptolemaic period. 1906H. B. Swete Apocalypse Introd. ii. §5. 25 How hard it is to determine the date and provenance of Jewish apocalypses.
b. The history or pedigree of a work of art, manuscript, rare book, etc.; concr., a record of the ultimate derivation and passage of an item through its various owners.
A distinction is often drawn between the ‘origin’ and the ‘provenance’ of an article, as in quot. 1960.
1926J. Buchan Dancing Floor i. vi. 111 If I knew the provenance of the manuscript, I might be able to understand it better. 1946‘M. Innes’ From London Far ii. x. 146 That aspect of the history of art which collectors call provenance? Who owned the picture last..and who before that. The ideal is to trace it right back to the studio. 1947A. Christie Labours of Hercules xi. 220 Sir Reuben would have purchased a Renaissance goblet, provenance unspecified. 1960E. A. Lowe Eng. Uncial 21 A Canterbury origin is probable, Canterbury provenance is certain. 1966Listener 10 Feb. 207/1 At gallery number three on Madison Avenue I was introduced to a man who asked if I had a provenance or any sort of papers for the picture. 1967J. N. Barron Lang. Painting 156 Provenance, a history or pedigree of a painting: the establishment of the identity of successive owners since its execution. Also included would be all published documents, catalogues, and journals that contain references to the painting, along with reproductions, exhibitions, and sales records, as well as correspondence, especially of the artist, in which mention of it may be made. 1974A. Price Other Paths to Glory ii. ix. 223 ‘He was only interested in where it came from, eh?’ Provenance.
c. Forestry. The location in which tree seed is collected. Also, seed from a specific location.
1933Empire Forestry Jrnl. XII. 198 The problem of seed origin embraces both the geographical location where the seed was collected..and the genetic character of the mother trees... In European literature the term ‘provenance’..has come to be used for the first phase of the problem. 1942H. I. Baldwin Forest Tree Seed iii. 29 Provenance is of tremendous significance to the outcome of plantations. 1956M. L. Anderson tr. Köstler's Silviculture iii. 89 The first experimental planting, with thirty different provenances of pine, had been carried out as early as 1821. 1970H. L. Edlin Collins Guide to Tree Planting & Cultivation vi. 100 The true origin of each stock is called its provenance. Ibid. 101 A second generation of the same stock would still have that provenance.
Hence ˈprovenanced a., provided with a record of provenance; established as to origin.
1939Nature 20 May 848/2 Only adequately provenanced objects should be collected; only so can we hope to map, ultimately, the cultural regions of pre-industrial Britain. 1971J. Mann Charitable End iii. 27 Most of it's [sc. an art collection is] not provenanced, you know. 1975Numismatic Chron. 198 (heading) Some provenanced finds of Crusader bezants. |