A trusted documentation partner for
art advisors, insurers, estate attorneys,
collection managers, and private collectors.
“Joe is capable of handling an impressively wide range of projects at a high level.”
“Professional, personable, discreet — I always felt completely comfortable sending Joe into a client’s home.”
Significant works of art deserve documentation that is technically accurate, discreet, and built to museum standards.
Tanis Fine Art Documentation provides precision imaging for insurers, collectors, advisors, family offices, corporations, conservators, and institutions requiring faithful visual records of important works of art.
His expertise shines immediately. He can adjust very well to the needs of the objects, which ultimately means everything ends up looking exactly the way it should.
Rigorous, color-accurate imaging prepared for insurers, brokers, and appraisers — from valuation dossiers to claims and loss records.
Discreet, comprehensive photography of collections for estate planning, probate, and beneficiary distribution — undertaken with white-glove care.
Documentation of corporate art holdings across headquarters, offices, and hospitality environments — including installation views and object records.
Complete visual inventories for private collectors, family offices, and institutions. Consistent, archival records for stewardship and loan.
High-resolution documentation of condition for conservators, registrars, and pre-loan reports — capturing surface, edge, verso, and detail with precision.
Imaging aligned to registrar and collection-management systems — object views, installation views, and consistent metadata for ongoing stewardship.
Because many collections are private, only a small selection is shown publicly. A curated portfolio is available upon request to qualified parties.
Installation documentation of a mid-century collection featuring geometric abstraction, bronze sculpture, and architectural interiors. Delivered as a complete visual inventory for the owner and their advisors.
High-resolution detail capture of an important contemporary canvas. Color-managed workflow to preserve nuance in gestural surface, palette, and material texture for insurance valuation.
Documentation of a large-scale work combining photographic ground, dry organic material, and applied surface. Controlled directional lighting preserves depth without collapsing the object into flatness.
Faithful detail capture of a contemporary painting — stroke, impasto, and color relationships preserved for conservation records and advisor archives.
Verso and framing documentation. Every work is recorded from both faces where relevant, with signage, edition detail, and conservation labels preserved for provenance.
Faithful, non-interpretive documentation of a large-scale contemporary work. Reviewed by a senior fine art imaging specialist to museum tolerances of hue, value, and neutrality.
Precise flat-field capture of a large text-and-paper composition. Consistent lighting across the full plane preserves tonal integrity and typographic detail for archive.
Documentation of a framed assemblage combining paper, textile, and found object. Neutral background and even lighting hold the constituent materials in true relationship to one another.
A technical capability extended to collection managers who require museum-standard records of jewelry and reflective objects — alongside sculpture and decorative arts.
Joe is capable of handling an impressively wide range of projects at a high level.
Professional, personable, discreet — I always felt completely comfortable sending Joe into a client's home, representing Christie's incredibly well.
The quality of his work was outstanding and accurately captured the beauty and detail of the collection.