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Alan Klinkhoff Gallery and L'Original, compared
Alan Klinkhoff traces a work's provenance. At L'Original, that provenance starts with you.
Buying on the primary market means being a canvas's first owner: the certificate records your acquisition, and the money goes to the painter who made it.
The complement to Alan Klinkhoff Gallery
Since 1949 the Klinkhoff family has handled the purchase, sale and appraisal of historical Canadian works, with the provenance expertise that requires. L'Original works the opposite end of time: we sell living artists on the primary market, whose first provenance is our own certificate. A serious collection often holds both : established value and an artist to follow.
What L'Original adds alongside Alan Klinkhoff Gallery
- Advantage 1
You are the first owner
No chain of owners to reconstruct, no attribution expertise to fund: the work comes out of the studio and the certificate is signed by the artist themselves.
- Advantage 2
The artist gets their share
On the secondary market the mark-up goes to the previous owner. Here, every sale pays the painter and funds their next series.
- Advantage 3
An affordable entry price
Our catalogue deliberately starts low for a signed original canvas: you can begin a collection without a seasoned collector's budget.
- Advantage 4
Commissioning, impossible with a departed master
A canvas at the size of your wall, painted by the artist you chose. Three to six weeks.
Alan Klinkhoff Gallery and us, line by line
Market
Alan Klinkhoff Gallery : Historical Canadian, secondary market
L'Original : Primary market, living artists
Provenance
Alan Klinkhoff Gallery : Traced, appraised, documented
L'Original : Created at purchase, signed certificate
Services
Alan Klinkhoff Gallery : Purchase, sale, appraisal, conservation
L'Original : Sale, commissions, murals, hanging
Prices
Alan Klinkhoff Gallery : Depending on standing and provenance
L'Original : Public, shown on every work
What you can ask the artist
Alan Klinkhoff Gallery : Nothing: these are historical works
L'Original : A meeting, a commission, a mural
Public information about Alan Klinkhoff Gallery, accurate at the date of publication. The two houses have no commercial relationship.
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Ten reasons to choose us over Alan Klinkhoff Gallery
The concrete answers people ask for before a first purchase.
What is the difference between Alan Klinkhoff and L'Original?
Klinkhoff has worked the historical Canadian market since 1949: purchase, sale, appraisal, with the provenance expertise that requires. L'Original sells living Montréal artists on the primary market, whose provenance begins with your acquisition.
Do you appraise works, as Alan Klinkhoff does?
No, that is not our business, and appraising historical works requires expertise we do not have. We are happy to point people who need it to the right professionals.
Will a work bought from you gain value, like a historical piece at Alan Klinkhoff?
Nobody can honestly promise that, and we will not. What we do guarantee: a signed certificate, a documented work file and clear provenance, the three things that matter on the day of a resale or appraisal.
Can you visit both Alan Klinkhoff and L'Original in one day?
Easily: we are at 163 Saint-Paul West in Old Montréal and 4455 Saint-Denis, open daily from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., no appointment.
Do you sell Canadian masters, like those handled by Alan Klinkhoff?
No. Our catalogue is made of living artists, mostly from Montréal, in urban art and contemporary painting. For a historical master you need a house that specialises in the secondary market.
How do you start a collection without the budget of an Alan Klinkhoff piece?
With a signed original canvas on the primary market: our catalogue deliberately starts low and prices are public. Run PickArt first to pin down your taste, then come and see in the gallery.
Is there a certificate, like the documentation Alan Klinkhoff provides?
Yes, signed by the artist, with title, year, medium and dimensions, plus a work file. On the primary market it is the first document of a provenance, and it is born with your purchase.
Do you buy works back, as a secondary-market house like Alan Klinkhoff does?
We do not run a resale market. That said, the certificate and file we provide are exactly what a specialised house will ask for if you ever resell.
Do you ship to Toronto, where Alan Klinkhoff also has a gallery?
Yes, anywhere in Canada, the United States and Europe, with tracking and packaging suited to the format. The price of the work does not depend on the city.
Can I commission a work, which a historical market like Alan Klinkhoff's makes impossible?
Yes, and that is the privilege of the primary market: we start from the wall, the budget and the artist whose hand you like, and the canvas is painted for that space.
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What is the best alternative to Alan Klinkhoff Gallery?
L'Original sits alongside Alan Klinkhoff Gallery for anyone looking for an original work signed by a living artist, with a displayed price and a certificate. Since 1949 the Klinkhoff family has handled the purchase, sale and appraisal of historical Canadian works, with the provenance expertise that requires. L'Original works the opposite end of time: we sell living artists on the primary market, whose first provenance is our own certificate. A serious collection often holds both : established value and an artist to follow. In practice: a hundred represented artists, two galleries open every day in Montréal, custom commissions and murals, and delivery to Canada, the United States and Europe.
What should you do before buying from Alan Klinkhoff Gallery?
Work out what you like before deciding where to buy it. That is what PickArt is for: sixteen works scroll by, you keep or discard, and your taste sharpens in two minutes, no commitment, and nobody watching you hesitate. You leave with a clear direction, useful with us and anywhere else. Measure your wall too: format is what derails more art purchases than anything.
What complements Alan Klinkhoff Gallery well?
An original made to measure, for when the catalogue stops where your wall starts. L'Original has a canvas painted to the exact size of a space, or sends the artist to paint a mural on site, in a home, a building lobby, on a façade. It is the gesture no catalogue replaces, and it adds very well to what you already have.
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