Provenance Information

Private collection, Florida; Ron Messick Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John G. Bourne, 2001, by purchase; given to John G. Bourne Foundation, 2001 [1]; given to Walters Art Museum, 2013.

Exhibition Information

Exploring Art of the Ancient Americas: The John Bourne Collection Gift. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Albuquerque Museum of Art & History; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville. 2012-2013.

Publication Information

Reents-Budet, Dorie. Exploring art of the ancient Americas: The John Bourne Collection. Baltimore: Walters Art Museum, 2012.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Communications between the Walters Art Museum and the donor of this promised gift began in April 2005.

Provenance Information

Michael Robins [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John G. Bourne, 2000, by purchase; given to John G. Bourne Foundation, 2000 [1]; given to Walters Art Museum, 2013.

Exhibition Information

No known exhibitions.

Publication Information

Reents-Budet, Dorie. Exploring art of the ancient Americas: The John Bourne Collection. Baltimore: Walters Art Museum, 2012.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Communications between the Walters Art Museum and the donor of this promised gift began in April 2005.

Provenance Information

Private collection, Florida; Private collection, New York; John Whelan Fine Art [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John G. Bourne, June 26, 1998, by purchase; given to John G. Bourne Foundation, 2000 [1]; given to Walters Art Museum, 2013.

Exhibition Information

No known exhibitions.

Publication Information

Reents-Budet, Dorie. Exploring art of the ancient Americas: The John Bourne Collection. Baltimore: Walters Art Museum, 2012.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Communications between the Walters Art Museum and the donor of this promised gift began in April 2005.

Provenance Information

Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, by 1972; purchase by Alan R. Brodie, Chicago, Illinois May 8, 1972; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 2012.

Exhibition Information

None

Publication Information

None

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Informed judgement that works were outside of the country of modern discovery before 1970

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Based on the results of provenance research, the Art Institute of Chicago can make an informed judgment that the object was outside its probable country of modern discovery before 1970. Alan Brodie, the former owner, maintained file cards with detailed notes on each of his art acquisitions. Each card was apparently initiated when the object was first acquired and then additional notes seem to have been added contemporaneously, as information about the object became available. According to the card for these objects, which is in the curator's files, Mr. Brodie acquired them from the Richard Gray Gallery on May 8, 1972. By fax dated January 13, 2012, the Gray Gallery confirmed that, at that time of Mr. Brodie's purchase, the gallery often sold pre-Columbian objects on a consignment basis for Andre Emmerich, Inc. (New York, New York). The fax included a copy of an invoice dated May 15, 1972 that referenced a payment due to Andre Emmerich, Inc. for a "Pair of Maya vases." The Gray Gallery believes this invoice is for the consignment payment due to Andre Emmerich, Inc. after the sale of these objects to Mr. Brodie. The gallery does not have the invoice for the sale to Mr. Brodie. Andre Emmerich, Inc. is no longer in business and we have been unable to determine when or from whom it acquired the objects. Presumably, however, first Andre Emmerich, Inc. and then the Richard Gray Gallery were in possession of the object for some period of time prior to May 8, 1972. The acquisition of these objects furthers the representation of the artistic achievements of all civilizations in art museums because they expand the scope of the Art Institute of Chicago's pre-Columbian holdings in a new direction.

Provenance Information

Joseph and Barbara Goldenberg, Los Angeles, by 2003.

Exhibition Information

None known.

Publication Information

None known.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Prior to June 4, 2008, the donor signed a will setting forth her intent to donate the work to the museum. Although gifted to the museum, this work has not been accessioned, pending additional review and research.

Provenance Information

Louisiana Gallery (Joan Crystal), Houston, Texas, by mid-/late 1970s, probably before 1977; sold to Balene McCormick, Houston, Texas, then Santa Fe, New Mexico, mid-/late 1970s, probably 1977; sold to Robert and Marianne Huber Fine Arts (Huber Primitive Art), Dixon, Illinois and New York, New York, after 1977; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Illinois, 2008.

Exhibition Information

None

Publication Information

Elizabeth Irene Pope, "Vessel with Bird and Peccary Heads," Notable Acquisitions at the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Studies 35, 2 (2009), pp. 6-7.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Informed judgement that works were outside of the country of modern discovery before 1970

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Based on the results of provenance research, the Art Institute of Chicago can make an informed judgment that the object was outside its probable country of modern discovery before 1970. The Art Institute of Chicago acquired this object in 2008 from Robert and Marianne Huber Fine Arts (Huber Primitive Art), Dixon, Illinois and New York, New York. According to a letter from Marianne Huber to the curator, the object was previously owned by Balene McCormick, a collector who purchased it in or around 1977 from the Louisiana Gallery in Houston, Texas. The Louisiana Gallery acquired the object in the mid to late 1970's, but likely before 1977. Attempts to contact the Louisiana Gallery were unsuccessful, as the gallery is no longer in business. The acquisition furthers the representation of the artistic achievements of all civilizations in art museums because the object represents another form of Maya ceramic art and illustrates another aspect of mythological and kingship iconography from the two important Maya vases already in the Art Institute of Chicago’s collection.

Provenance Information

Barbara and Joseph Goldenberg, Los Angeles, CA, by 2003.

Exhibition Information

None known.

Publication Information

None known.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Prior to June 4, 2008, the donor signed a will setting forth her intent to donate the work to the museum. The work was also on long-term loan to the museum beginning in 2007.

Provenance Information

Stendahl Galleries, Los Angeles [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John G. Bourne, 1970s, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.

Exhibition Information

Art of Ancient America, 1500 B.C.-1400 A.D.. Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe. 1998-2008.; Exploring Art of the Ancient Americas: The John Bourne Collection Gift. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Albuquerque Museum of Art & History; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville. 2012-2013.

Publication Information

No known publications.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Communications between the Walters Art Museum and the donor of this gift began in April 2005.

Provenance Information

Ron Messick Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John G. Bourne, 1990s, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.

Exhibition Information

Art of Ancient America, 1500 B.C.-1400 A.D.. Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe. 1998-2008. Exploring Art of the Ancient Americas: The John Bourne Collection Gift. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Albuquerque Museum of Art & History; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville. 2012-2013.

Publication Information

Reents-Budet, Dorie. Exploring art of the ancient Americas: The John Bourne Collection. Baltimore: Walters Art Museum, 2012.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Communications between the Walters Art Museum and the donor of this gift began in April 2005.

Provenance Information

Ron Messick Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John G. Bourne, 1990s, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.

Exhibition Information

Art of Ancient America, 1500 B.C.-1400 A.D.. Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe. 1998-2008.

Publication Information

Reents-Budet, Dorie. Exploring art of the ancient Americas: The John Bourne Collection. Baltimore: Walters Art Museum, 2012.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Communications between the Walters Art Museum and the donor of this promised gift began in April 2005.