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PYLOS / Artists & Studios

The work leaves the studio.
Its record shouldn't.

Keep every work connected to what happens after it leaves your hands.

PYLOS keeps artworks, production variants, physical units, ownership, custody, location and provenance in one continuous record.

Work

PYL-00243

Untitled · 2026

Origin
Artist Studio
Status
In studio

The same work, later

PYL-00243

Owner
Private Collection
Custodian
Gallery
Location
Basel

The identifier remains fixed. Everything else can change.

02After the studio

The studio is only
the beginning.

A work can spend years moving between galleries, exhibitions, collectors, storage and institutions. Each movement adds to its history.

PYL-00243

  1. Studio

    Produced

    PYL-00243

  2. Gallery

    Consigned

    PYL-00243

  3. Exhibition

    Shown · Paris

    PYL-00243

  4. Collector

    Sold

    PYL-00243

  5. Institution

    Loaned · London

    PYL-00243

The same work remains identifiable while its circumstances change.

03The model

One work. One connected history.

Unique work

  1. Artwork

    Untitled · 2026

  2. Production variant

    Oil on canvas · 120 × 90 cm

  3. Physical unit

    Unique

  4. History

    Produced · Exhibited · Consigned · Sold

Editioned work

  1. Artwork

    Untitled #14 · 2026

  2. Production variant

    Screenprint · 50 × 70 cm · Edition: 30 + 3 AP

  3. Physical unit

    07 / 30

  4. History

    Produced · Exhibited · Sold · Loaned

Unique works and editioned physical works share one structure — not two separate products.

04Owner, custodian, location

"Sold" is not
a location.

Ownership, custody and physical location are different realities. PYLOS keeps them separate — and connected.

PYL-00243

Owner

Private Collection

Custodian

Gallery

Location

Basel

05Provenance

Provenance shouldn't have to be reconstructed years later.

When events are recorded as they happen, history accumulates naturally.

Same work

PYL-00243

  1. 2026Produced
  2. 2026Exhibited · Madrid
  3. 2027Consigned · Galerie X
  4. 2027Sold · Private Collection
  5. 2029Museum Loan · London
06The archive

Different works.
Different lives. One studio record.

PYL-00243

Untitled · 2026

Oil on canvas

Private Collection

PYL-00244

Study II · 2026

Work on paper

Artist Studio

PYL-00310

Standing Form · 2027

Bronze

Gallery · Paris

PYL-00311

Untitled Print · 07 / 30

Screenprint

Collector

07Beyond the flat row

A spreadsheet can store
the information.

PYLOS keeps the relationships between it.

As works move, change hands and accumulate history, those relationships become increasingly difficult to maintain as flat rows.

Flat row

Untitled · 2026 · Sold · Paris

Connected record

  1. Artwork

  2. Production variant

  3. Physical unit

    Ownership · Custody · Location

  4. History

08The physical world

Built around the work itself.

Reverse of a stretched canvas with handwritten title and date and a gallery label
Canvas verso · inscription
Foundry mark and edition number stamped into the base of a bronze sculpture
Foundry mark · edition
Works on paper interleaved with glassine in a studio flat file drawer
Works on paper · storage
09Existing archives

Already have an archive?
Bring it with you.

Already managing your studio in spreadsheets or another artwork database? We're designing PYLOS so existing records can move with you instead of forcing you to recreate years of studio history.

10Early access

Help shape PYLOS for working artists.

We're building PYLOS around how physical artworks actually move after they leave the studio. Early access gives us the opportunity to learn from real archives, editions, galleries, sales, consignments and collections.

Every work has a history.
Keep it connected.