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