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Name format for unknown artists:

First: Unknown

Last: Nationality or Culture

Sort Name: Nationality/Culture, Unknown


For uncertain attributions:

First: Unknown

Last: possibly French

Sort Name: French, Unknown possibly


Link Nationality, Active, or Culture to artists with known geographic details.

A generic “Unknown Artist” record exists for loans and artists with no geographic information.


*Art of the Spanish Americas format prefers simply “Unknown Artist” as the display name. For this style of cataloguing, link to the generic “Unknown Artist” record and rely only on Object Geography for Nationality, Place Made, or Culture.

Examples

Unknown American

Active: North America, United States

Nationality: North American, American


Unknown Artist

OBJ Place Made: South America, Peru

OBJ Nationality: South American, Peruvian


Unknown Greek-Corinthian

Active: Europe, Greece

Culture: European, Greek-Corinthian


Unknown possibly French

Active: Europe, France

Nationality: European, French



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