Comprehensive Art Support
Built on more than 18 years of experience, Michael Jerch’s tailored approach provides industry-leading oversight of all art shipping, inventory, crating, installation, rigging, framing, fabrication, appraisals, museum loans, customs arrangements, sales/use tax (in consult with financial advisors), storage, and any and all special projects. His methodology is defined by a rigorous level of detail-oriented research, and his due diligence navigates potential pitfalls, never deviating from a fully transparent and truly experiential approach.
Shipping / Installation
Having personally overseen 1,500+ shipments, installations, and special projects worldwide, Mr. Jerch is a noted logistics expert. From delivering and installing a 10-part multi-ton Alicja Kwade marble installation from Poland to New York during the Suez Canal blockage, to hand-carrying a Frank Stella print from a paper conservator to a framer to minimize client costs, no project is too large nor too small.
Bespoke Inventory
Upon initial review of the Collection – whether through an existing inventory system, an analysis of an old appraisal, collating paper invoices, etc. – Mr. Jerch then meticulously exhausts catalogue raisonnés and public records, filling in all details for each work and scrutinizing errors and omissions. The result is a thoroughly complete and visual repository, cultivated within a custom and totally built-from-scratch fine art database, whose records house all details of every artist, artwork, valuation, and related documentation.
Conservation / Restoration
Mr. Jerch cherishes his close relationships with leading painting, objects, works on paper, and photographic conservators – providing an additional layer of outside objective expertise. Artworks are living things, and it’s important to both recommend the best “art physician,” but also to guide through the nuance of conservation, while helping decide which aspects of treatment are or are not most appropriate for the goal at hand, and for the work itself.