You may omit the first name if you do not know it. You may omit the first name if you do not know it. If you know the name of the artist who created the art work, you might want to follow the steps outlined above for locating information on a specific artist. If you locate books or periodical articles about the artist in question, you can then check to see if the art work you are interested in is illustrated in these publications. This index references reproductions found in over 1,700 books, and you may search the index by either the title of the painting or the name of the artist.
Many art museums maintain stores which sell reproductions of works in their collections.
If you know which museum owns the original work of art in which you are interested, you might contact that museum to learn if you can purchase a reproduction. The Fine Arts Library does not appraise works of art. Each annual volume indexes art works sold at auction during the previous calendar year. A highly recommended art library guide is Jones, Lois Swan. The Fine Arts Library does not maintain slide collections.