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The Zentralarchiv des internationalen Kunsthandels ZADIK

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Günter Herzog*
Affiliation:
Zentralarchiv des internationalen Kunsthandels e. V. in Kooperation mit der SK Stiftung Kultur der Sparkasse KölnBonn, Mauritiuswall 76-78, D-50676 Köln, Germany
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Abstract

The Zentralarchiv des internationalen Kunsthandels (ZADIK = Central Archive of the International Art Trade) was established in 1992 by the Bundesverband Deutscher Galerien (BVDG), the association of German art dealers, and is the only research archive in the world that specialises in collecting and preserving documents and information from the art market. The history, purpose, collection profile and work of this still very young art archive is described here.

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Research Article
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Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2006

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