Path II

Build a Case

When the paper is thin, the case is built from the evidence up: where the work is said to have been, what record each moment should have left, and who holds it.

Map the surfacings

Every year and place the work is said to appear, written down as a claim.

Test each one

Each claim set against the registry; matches labelled by evidence, not hope.

III

Find the gaps

The records that should exist: stock books, labels, catalogues, customs stamps.

Write the case

Archive requests drafted, science scoped, open questions kept as leads.

Existing case files are kept in The Vault (members only).

New case

Open a Case File

Demo: submissions open soon

Where the work has surfaced

One per line: year | place | what the documents or the family say. Each line is cross-referenced against the registry; a line with no record becomes a research lead.

Dimensions as reported in each document (one per line: height x width | source) The story as you know it: who held it, when, and how you know

The client

NameOrganisationEmail Role

The work

ArtistTitle Other titles (one per line)

DateMedium

Height (cm)Width (cm)

Genre

Documents

Drop documents here

Letters, invoices, labels, photographs of the back, lab reports, expert opinions · or choose files

Run the Cat Burglar engines on receipt

Nothing is published, and nothing leaves the house without your consent.