Your label should include: Artist's name. Nationality, birth year (Optional. Title of the artwork (in bold or italic), year created. Medium used to create (ex: crayon on paper) Brief description (This is where you can include any information about the artist, why they created the piece, how they created the piece, etc.)
A painting's title is an important part of its emotional appeal. It gives the viewer insight into what you, the artist, hopes the viewer will see or feel in your work.
It is widely accepted that you should always give your work a name and not either leave it untitled or, indeed, name it ``Untitled''. The reason behind this is to do with satisfying your audience and buyers. A buyer wants to believe that they are purchasing your best work and that it is one of your great masterpieces.
Often, art is accompanied by documentation, commonly known as provenance, that confirms its authenticity mainly through ownership history. Good provenance (ownership history) leaves no doubt that a work of art is genuine and by the artist who it is stated to be by or whose signature it bears.
A title provides an art judge or an art jury with a deeper insight into that piece of art. This also holds true for galleries and art buyers. A title guides and provides a hint to the viewer about what the artist was thinking when the work was created.
Titles of Works In general, major works of art mentioned or cited in text or notes should be italicized. Titles of paintings, drawings, photographs, statues, and other works of art are italicized whether the titles are original, added by someone other than the artist, or translated.
First off, a ``Certificate of Authenticity'' is generally not needed for anything at all unless the work of art is old and has passed through many hands. Then it is useful, valuable - even necessary as a value factor.
Artist's Bill of Sale Date of sale and invoice number. Invoice numbers can be used as a unique reference ID and will prove very helpful should you need to quickly find the documentation later. Artist's contact information. Buyer's contact information. Artwork sold. Subtotal. Taxes. Other charges. Total.
Use italics and sentence case for artwork titles. Italicise the titles of individual artworks and use sentence case. Sometimes the artist has made a different typographic choice for the title. If so, follow the capitalisation of the original.
Some works are titled with a simple descriptive phrase, for example The Train in the Snow by Claude Monet or Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh. Other works may use more abstract or symbolic titles, for example The Scream by Edvard Munch or The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali.