Pillar 01 — Inventory

Making an inventory of your artworks

Each artwork record becomes the single source for your Pro Site, PDF catalogs, exhibition and back labels, certificates and sales — without retyping.

Your artwork inventory in MycreArt — click to enlarge.
Assisted documentation

Take the photos. MycreArt pre-fills the record.

You start from an already-filled record, not a blank page.

  1. 1

    You import your artworks

    Add your photos — one at a time, or up to 10 at once on Pro.

  2. 2

    MycreArt proposes the fields

    Title EN/FR, description, category, technique, support, colors and bilingual keywords, proposed from the image.

  3. 3

    You validate and adjust

    Every field stays editable: correct, complete (price, signature, condition, edition), publish.

Analysis proposes, you decide. No field is filled without you being able to edit it.

The photo makes the record. Indirect daylight, shot straight-on, no flash, neutral background: the cleaner the photo, the more accurately the analysis fills in — and the same image will serve on your site, your catalogs and your certificates.

Anatomy of an artwork record

Everything you can document about an artwork

A complete record, modular to your needs. Fill what matters — the rest stays optional. 50 artworks included on the Free plan, then gradual additions; 2,000 with Pro.

Identity

Title EN/FR · presentation EN/FR · medium notes EN/FR · category · technique · support · creation year

Format & material

Height · width · thickness · weight · main color · framing · signature location · condition (and notes)

Edition

Unique or limited edition · edition number · total prints

Price & availability

Price · insurance value · status (for sale, sold, reserved, on loan, donated, lost…) · place (studio, gallery, storage, exhibition venue, museum, collector's home…)

Media & visibility

Up to 8 photos (Pro) or 1 (Free) · video URL · visible on the public gallery · visible on your Pro Site · comments enabled or not

Classification & search

Inventory number · collections · theme · style · mood (serene, dramatic…)

Numbering

How to number your artworks

One unique number per work, set once and for all: it is the backbone of an inventory — and the foundation of a future catalogue raisonné.

By default

MycreArt numbers for you

Every new work automatically receives a permanent number in the initials-sequence format — for example CD-0008. The counter belongs to your inventory and does not restart each year.

Your system

Or keep your own

The field stays free: replace the proposed number with your own logic — by technique (P- for painting, S- for sculpture), by series, or the continuation of your studio ledger. The only constraint: two works cannot carry the same number.

Golden rules

Three rules that never change

A number is never reused, even if the work is destroyed or sold. It appears on the work itself — that is what the back label is for — and on all its documents. And a simple system kept for ten years beats a perfect one abandoned after six months.

The inventory, source of truth

One artwork record, five automatic outputs

When you update the price, availability or a photo, it updates everywhere — no duplicate entry.

Pro Site

Your yourname.mycre.art site instantly displays available artworks, up to date with price and status.

Exhibitions

An artwork linked to an exhibition keeps the record in its history — useful to document its provenance and journey.

Sales

Mark an artwork as sold, the buyer is saved, the status updates on the site and the certificate can be issued.

Certificates

The certificate uses the record data at the moment of issue — frozen, verifiable by QR code.

Catalogs, exhibition & back labels

Filter by series, technique or status, then generate a PDF catalog, QR exhibition labels or back labels without retyping a single line.

Beyond organisation

What an inventory prepares, without you thinking about it

Three situations where the record kept as you go makes all the difference.

Insurance and damage

Water damage in the studio, breakage in transit: the insurer asks for proof of what existed and its value. A dated record with photos, dimensions and insurance value is exactly that file — impossible to rebuild after the fact.

Estate and catalogue raisonné

The scholarly inventory of a life's work — the catalogue raisonné — is built on the studio's archives. Every record you keep today is an entry in it: no one will have to reconstruct thirty years of creation from memory.

Theft, loan or dispute

A stolen work, a loan that drags on, a disagreement over a consigned piece: inventory number, photos and an up-to-date location make a file ready for the report or the discussion — instead of recollections.

How artists use it

Five situations where your inventory makes a difference

1

You're preparing an exhibition

Filter available artworks, double-check prices, generate the booth artwork list and QR labels — all from the inventory.

2

A gallerist asks for a portfolio

Select the artworks, generate a PDF catalog with or without prices, share the link. No slide deck to rebuild.

3

An artwork is sold

Mark it as sold, add the buyer, the certificate is ready to issue. The artwork automatically disappears from the for-sale list on the site.

4

You prepare your annual tax return

Export your inventory (CSV) with prices and status from the free plan; the detailed sales export — with dates and buyers — is included in Pro mode. Your accountant has everything needed, no back-and-forth.

5

A gallery consignment

Change the physical location to “On consignment”, generate the consignment slip and the logistics list for transport and insurance.

Frequently asked questions

What artists ask about inventory

Give your inventory the order it deserves

Inventory of 50 artworks included on the Free plan (1 photo), then gradual additions. 2,000 artworks, 8 photos and batch import with MycreArt Pro.

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