A Curatorial Correction Draft

The following is a model correction note suitable for use in catalog entries, collection documentation, or auction listing supplementary material. It incorporates the findings of the current dossier and uses language appropriate for professional publication contexts.

Proposed catalog language: Portrait bust of Blanche Denise Ferrero-Willmann (born Saint-Denis, c.1880; died Saint-Denis, 1968). Sitter identified as the wife of Felix Jacques Ferrero, praticien, Paris; connected to the Parisian sculptural world through her husband’s professional association with the Rodin workshop. Most probably executed c.1904, during Rembrandt Bugatti’s early Paris years, consistent with the sitter’s documented presence in Paris prior to the family’s emigration to the United States in 1907. The dating 1920–1930 previously attached to this work in catalog literature is contested: it postdates both the artist’s death (1916) and the sitter’s emigration (1907). See Art Revisionist dossier: Blanche Denise Ferrero-Willmann (2026) for full source documentation.

This draft is intended as a starting point for any institution or specialist that wishes to issue a correction. The language can be adapted to house style. The factual content should not be altered without corresponding revision to the underlying source documentation. Any publication of a correction note should cite the primary sources on which it rests: the civil registry, the migration record, and US Patent 1,837,958.