Godfrey
somewhat colored
godfrey, i think you mean biographical information instead of provenance. this page has the archivist’s definition of provenance:
http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/archive-centre/introduction-archives/principles/provenance.html
just being nitpicky.
Perhaps, but my definition of provenance departs slightly from that one, including situational context of the making rather than mostly record of ownership.
G