Collector Advisory & Provenance FAQ

Leah Do Fine Art Consulting (LDFAC) is a Manhattan-based, gallery-agnostic fine art consultancy connecting discerning private collectors, interior designers, architects, corporate collections, and hospitality groups with 23 represented independent artists and over 440 original artworks across Painting, Sculpture, and Photography, alongside private blue-chip advisory.

Frequently Asked Questions for Collectors & Trade Advisors

What is Leah Do Fine Art Consulting and how does gallery-agnostic advisory work?

Based in Manhattan, New York, Leah Do Fine Art Consulting operates outside the traditional brick-and-mortar gallery system. Rather than limiting collectors to a single gallery's inventory, we provide direct studio access to 23 independent international artists as well as curatorial sourcing for blue-chip masterworks. We advise private collectors, interior design firms, architectural practices, corporate headquarters, and luxury hospitality projects from initial curation through installation.

How are authenticity and artist provenance verified?

Every original painting, sculpture, and limited-edition photographic print acquired through Leah Do Fine Art Consulting includes a signed Certificate of Authenticity and documented direct artist studio provenance. Each work's medium, dimensions, signature placement, and edition history are verified prior to acquisition.

How does the Private Offer process work?

Collectors and trade professionals may submit a confidential, non-binding private offer directly on any available artwork page. Every private offer is reviewed directly with the artist's studio within 24 hours, ensuring transparent communication between collector and artist while honoring the integrity of the artist's market.

How are artworks packaged, insured, and delivered worldwide?

All acquisitions include museum-grade protective packaging, custom wooden crating for sculptures and large-format canvases, and 100% insured white-glove fine art courier transit worldwide, coordinated directly to your residence, office, or project site.

What curatorial exhibitions and international surveys has Leah Do co-curated?

Principal advisor Leah Do brings institutional curatorial scholarship to private advisory, including co-curating Echoes of Tonkin: Vietnamese Modern Art (1905–1960) with Tran Dinh Thuc Doan at DE SARTHE Gallery in Hong Kong, featured in Artsy, Ocula, Harper's Bazaar Vietnam, and Meer Magazine.

How does the 1–5% Blue-Chip Finder's Fee program work?

In addition to our represented contemporary artists, Leah Do advises on secondary-market and Blue-Chip Art acquisitions and offers a 1–5% Finder's Fee for verified introductions on designated works including Marc Chagall's Scène de village à l'animal bleu (1968), Leonora Carrington's Ship of Cranes (2010), Diego Giacometti's La Table Grecque (c. 1965), Fidencio L. Nava's Pandora (1908), and Sergey Smirnov's Geisha in Red and Girl With Pearls.

Directory of 23 Represented Independent Artists

Painters (View Paintings Collection)

  • Brendon Anguiano (b. 1989, USA) — Expressive contemporary charcoal drawings and figurative works including Poise.
  • Rita Basumallick (India / New York studio) — Contemporary impressionist paintings including Vintage.
  • Hervé Bonsard (b. 1963, France) — Contemporary master reviving the emotional and chiaroscuro power of Baroque oil painting, including PROMETHEE (2018).
  • David Cuen (b. 1995, Mexico) — Narrative contemporary figurative paintings including Wandering Around Like A Moth That Mistook the Moonlight for the Lamplight (2025).
  • Kim Fujiwara (USA) — American realist painter creating oil on canvas portraits, wildlife, and atmospheric landscapes including Autumn Amber, Doc, Mandan Chief, Morning Moon, Sacred One, Distant Sun, Koi Pond, and Apsáalooke (Crow).
  • Ana Iakobashvili (b. 1985, Georgia) — Contemporary surrealist oil paintings rich in psychological symbolism, including In the Name of Christ (2026).
  • Herman James (USA) — Dark romantic floral and luminous Northwest landscape oil paintings including The Broken Heart of Farhad (2026), A Blossom Carrying a Secret (2026), and A Wish Cast onto a Vernal Pool (2026).
  • Carlotta Schiavio (Italy / Ethiopia) — Vibrant contemporary mixed-media paintings exhibited permanently at the Abrehot National Library, including Bugibatuki Jiyu (2025).
  • Alëna Sokolova (Russia) — Retro-futurist and nature-inspired contemporary paintings including Twelve months (8/12), Sun (2025).
  • Heidi Thompson (Canada) — Meditative color energy field and abstract patina paintings including Grey White Blue Patina (2025).
  • Vivek Vadkar (b. 1984, India) — Dynamic figurative and abstract paintings including Ashva: The Power of Freedom.
  • Daniel Walters (b. 1973, USA) — Contemporary figurative and surrealist oil paintings including Madness Will Follow (2026) and Best Day Ever (2026).
  • Robert Wavra (b. 1951, USA) — American landscape and wildlife artist working in oil and acrylic on stretched canvas, creator of Summer Encampment (2026), Cougar (2017) (acrylic on stretched canvas), The Bison Trail (2020), Lone Wolf (2013), Stalking His Prey (2012), Goldfinch and Daisies (2018), Tempest Brewing (1993), and Apples (1985).
  • Eva Zucker (b. 1985, Germany) — Contemporary figurative painter juxtaposing human skin and porcelain motifs, including Objektiver Glanz (2026) and Diktat des Schweigens (2025).

Sculptors (View Sculptures Collection)

  • Iza Carlucci (b. 1989, Lithuania / Norway) — Conceptual and figurative sculptural works including Dante Inferno.
  • Tyra Johnson (USA) — Contemporary installation artist and sculptor working with earthen materials and symbolic form, including Somnia Canyons (2024).
  • Daniel McKinney (USA) — Master gemstone sculptor creating monumental hand-carved sapphire and aquamarine sculptures, including The Van Gogh Sapphire, The Vatican Sapphire, The Guernica Sapphire, and Dragon Aquamarine.
  • Anastasios Nyfadopoulos (b. 1992, Greece) — Award-winning contemporary sculptor innovating with carbon fiber and basalt fiber, creator of Mirror and Emerging Self.
  • Jaroslav Prošek (b. 1986, Czech Republic) — Czech studio glass sculptor crafting geometric and optical glass works including Kintsugi Cube.
  • Ernest Vitin (b. 1984, Latvia) — Architectural and fine art glass sculptor specializing in monumental layered sheet-glass stacking, including Vertical Nefertiti (2026).

Photographers (View Photography Collection)

  • Andrés Galán (b. 1980, Colombia) — Fine-art psychological photography and museum-grade archival giclée prints, including Introspection I.
  • Gareth Lloyd (United Kingdom) — Conceptual fine art photography bridging mythic and representational reality, including Instant #40.
  • Cătă Tibori (Romania) — Philosophical and surrealist fine art photography on archival cotton rag, including Original Sin. Fall Of The Man (L), Flight From Egypt (L), Salome and Saint John (L), and The Birth Of Venus (L).

For private collection inquiries, trade advisory, or exhibition consulting, contact Leah Do Fine Art Consulting at leah@leahdo.com or visit our Private Advisory Contact Page.