Provenance Information

Tomb of Sebekhotep (Theban Necropolis Tomb TT63), Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Egypt [see note 1]. Acquired in New York, by William Kelly Simpson (1928–2017), New York, and Katonah, N.Y.; bequeathed to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2017

Note 1: Wall painting fragment showing three offering bearers moving to the right was photographed in situ between about 1926–40 as part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Egyptian Expedition by Archaeological photographer and Egyptologist, Harry Burton (1879–1940) (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Egyptian Art Archives, MMA T 2784, copy in accession file) A portion of the fragment was also traced in situ sometime between 1920–40 by Nina M. Davies (1881–1965) and Norman de Garis Davies (1865–1941) (Oxford Griffith Institute, Davies MSS. 10.21.1, copy in accession file)

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

"Acquisitions July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2018), 11

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

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

N/A

Provenance Information

"Tomb of Sebekhotep (Theban Necropolis Tomb TT63), Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Egypt [see note 1]. With Galerij Ancient Art, Amsterdam, 1979; William Kelly Simpson (1928–2017), New York, and Katonah, N.Y.; bequeathed to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2017

Note 1: Wall painting fragment showing a figure carrying an offering stand was photographed in situ between about 1924–40 by three archaeological expeditions and/or epigraphic surveys, including archaeological photographer and Egyptologist, Harry Burton (1879–1940), as part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Egyptian Expedition (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Egyptian Art Archives, MMA T 2774–2777, copy in accession file); by the Chicago Oriental Institute Epigraphic Survey (Chic. Or. Institute Epigraphic Survey, no. 2854, copy in accession file); and by German Egyptologist Siegfried Schott (1897–1971) (Das Digital Schotts-Archiv Trier, no. 4335, copy in accession file)

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

"Acquisitions July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2018), 11

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

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

N/A

Provenance Information

With Phoenix Ancient Art, New York, by 2008; sold to Erika Hughes (1936–2014), New York, 2008; bequeathed by Erika Hughes and Thomas Leland Hughes to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2014

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

"Acquisitions 2015," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2015), 15

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

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

N/A

Provenance Information

With Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd., New York, by 2008; sold to Erika Hughes (1936–2014), New York, 2008; bequeathed by Erika Hughes and Thomas Leland Hughes to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2014

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

"Acquisitions 2015," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2015), 15

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

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

N/A

Provenance Information

With Phoenix Ancient Art, New York, by 2008; sold to Erika Hughes (1936–2014), New York, 2008; bequeathed by Erika Hughes and Thomas Leland Hughes to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2014

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

"Acquisitions 2015," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2015), 15

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

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

N/A

Provenance Information

With Phoenix Ancient Art, New York, by 2008; sold to Erika Hughes (1936–2014), New York, 2008; bequeathed by Erika Hughes and Thomas Leland Hughes to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2014

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

"Acquisitions 2015," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2015), 15

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

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

N/A

Provenance Information

Reportedly from a group of tombs, Ciro, Calabria, Italy [see note 1]. Reportedly private collection, possibly Basel, Switzerland, by 1975 [see note 2]; sold to Annewies van den Hoek and John J. Herrmann, Jr., Dedham, Mass., 1975; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2008

Note 1: The present object is one of eleven vessels given to the Gallery in 2008. According to the object group’s Recommendation for Accession, the vessels came from a group of tombs around the neighborhood of Ciro, Calabria (Recommendation for Accession, December 9, 2008, copy in accession file)

Note 2: According to the object group’s Deed of Gift, Herrmann purchased the vessels in 1975 from “a friend of Elie Borowski, Basle.” (Deed of Gift, December 14, 2008, copy in accession file)

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

"Acquisitions 2009," in "State of the Art: Contemporary Sculpture," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009), 143

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

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

N/A

Provenance Information

Reportedly from a group of tombs, Ciro, Calabria, Italy [see note 1]. Reportedly private collection, possibly Basel, Switzerland, by 1975 [see note 2]; sold to Annewies van den Hoek and John J. Herrmann, Jr., Dedham, Mass., 1975; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2008

Note 1: The present object is one of eleven vessels given to the Gallery in 2008. According to the object group’s Recommendation for Accession, the vessels came from a group of tombs around the neighborhood of Ciro, Calabria (Recommendation for Accession, December 9, 2008, copy in accession file)

Note 2: According to the object group’s Deed of Gift, Herrmann purchased the vessels in 1975 from “a friend of Elie Borowski, Basle.” (Deed of Gift, December 14, 2008, copy in accession file)

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

"Acquisitions 2009," in "State of the Art: Contemporary Sculpture," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009), 143

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

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

N/A

Provenance Information

Reportedly from a group of tombs, Ciro, Calabria, Italy [see note 1]. Reportedly private collection, possibly Basel, Switzerland, by 1975 [see note 2]; sold to Annewies van den Hoek and John J. Herrmann, Jr., Dedham, Mass., 1975; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2008

Note 1: The present object is one of eleven vessels given to the Gallery in 2008. According to the object group’s Recommendation for Accession, the vessels came from a group of tombs around the neighborhood of Ciro, Calabria (Recommendation for Accession, December 9, 2008, copy in accession file)

Note 2: According to the object group’s Deed of Gift, Herrmann purchased the vessels in 1975 from “a friend of Elie Borowski, Basle.” (Deed of Gift, December 14, 2008, copy in accession file)

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

"Acquisitions 2009," in "State of the Art: Contemporary Sculpture," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009), 143

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

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

N/A

Provenance Information

Reportedly from a group of tombs, Ciro, Calabria, Italy [see note 1]. Reportedly private collection, possibly Basel, Switzerland, by 1975 [see note 2]; sold to Annewies van den Hoek and John J. Herrmann, Jr., Dedham, Mass., 1975; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2008

Note 1: The present object is one of eleven vessels given to the Gallery in 2008. According to the object group’s Recommendation for Accession, the vessels came from a group of tombs around the neighborhood of Ciro, Calabria (Recommendation for Accession, December 9, 2008, copy in accession file)

Note 2: According to the object group’s Deed of Gift, Herrmann purchased the vessels in 1975 from “a friend of Elie Borowski, Basle.” (Deed of Gift, December 14, 2008, copy in accession file)

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

"Acquisitions 2009," in "State of the Art: Contemporary Sculpture," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009), 143

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

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

N/A