The Quiet Weight of Provenance
In the world of collecting, the word “provenance” is often reduced to a paper trail. A name. A date. A signature.
But provenance is more than proof. It’s presence.
It’s the sense that an object comes from somewhere — not just a place, but a context. A lineage. A life.
When we speak about provenance, we’re talking about touch. About intention. About the fact that someone once chose this object. Lived with it. Carried it forward.
We’ve seen pieces with no formal documentation still tell a clearer story than some cataloged collections. We’ve also seen how a name, scribbled on the back of a frame, can shift the way we see what’s in front of us.
This is why we take care not only in what we collect — but how we speak about it. Because every object has a past. And how we carry it forward is part of that story too.
