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

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

Erika Hughes (1936–2014), New York, by 2014; 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 Robin Symes Limited, London, by June 1998; sold to Erika Hughes (1936–2014), New York, June 30, 1998; 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 1996; sold to Erika Hughes (1936–2014), New York, April 30, 1996; 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

With Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois. Purchased by MCCM from Mousa Khouli (aka Morris Khouli) [Palmyra Heritage Gallery], New York, New York.

Exhibition Information

Michael C. Carlos Museum Morgens West Foundation Galleries of Ancient Near Eastern Art, November 10, 2018 - Present

Publication Information

To our knowledge, this object has never been published.

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

The Carlos continues to conduct provenance research on this and all objects in our collection.