Provenance Information

1967 (July or later)-2018, private New York collection (collector object #80)

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 Princeton University Art Museum can make an informed judgment that the object was outside its probable country of modern discovery before 1970. The collector maintained a sequential inventory of their collection with the year of each acquisition specified. The accuracy of the list is corroborated by a number of works in the inventory that were either published in other collections prior to the collector’s acquisition date or published or exhibited shortly after the acquisition, in each instance with the appropriate ownership history indicated. According to the inventory, the collector acquired this work in the second half of 1967.

Provenance Information

said to be found by Dario Ramirez, prior to 19 May 1970; owned by André Emmerich, held by Alan Lapiner (ST-0-65), New York, Nov-Dec 1970; Richard Grey Gallery, Chicago, May 1971-?; Ron Messick, Santa Fe, 1990s; private collection, Chicago, purchased from Ron Messick (as per owner), 1990s-2016; acquired by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2016

Exhibition Information

November 1970 Textile Museum, Washington, D.C. (lent but may not have been displayed for public); March 30, 1971–May 8, 1971 Richard Grey Gallery, Chicago

Publication Information

Richard Grey Gallery. 1971. Pre-Columbian Art: Mexico, Meso-America [exhib. cat.]. Richard Grey Gallery, Chicago. Illus., cat. no. 147.
Cordy-Collins, Alana. 1976. An Iconographic Study of Chavín Textiles from the South Coast of Peru: The Discovery of a Pre-Columbian Catechism. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles. Illus., p. 67, fig. 46a (line drawing).
Lapiner, Alan. 1976. Pre-Columbian Art of South America. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York. Illus., p. 439.
Cordy-Collins, Alana. 1979. “Cotton and the Staff God: Analysis of an Ancient Chavin Textile.” In The Junius B. Bird Pre-Columbian Textile Conference, May 19th and 20th, 1973. Ann Pollard Rowe, Elizabeth P. Benson, Anne-Louise Schaffer, eds., pp. 51-60. Washington, D.C.: The Textile Museum and Dumbarton Oaks. Illus., fig. 15.

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 Princeton University Art Museum can make an informed judgment that the object was outside its probable country of modern discovery before November 1970. Letter to Junius Bird from Alan C. Lapiner dated 19 May 1970 (AMNH archives) indicates that the Karwa textiles were in Peru but in the process of being transported to the United States. Further, it is likely that this particular textile was part of a group of approximately 120 textiles on loan to the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C. by 1970. In a 1972 publication, Alan Sawyer, then director of the Textile Museum, wrote that these objects were on loan for study and were viewed by a group of scholars on November 1, 1970.

Mary Frame, a former Sawyer student, has most of Sawyer’s slide collection and has shared scans of all related materials. Although this particular object is not among the small number of remaining slides, a number of the Karwa textile slides are appropriately date-stamped May-September 1970 with notes indicating they were with Lapiner at the time. André Emmerich’s papers (Sotheby’s, New York) include mention of this object (ST-0-67 in his registry) and include a date stamped slide of the object labeled “November 1970.” Therefore, it is likely that this particular textile was part of the group of Karwa textiles that was in the United States prior to November 1, 1970.

Provenance Information

c. 1961/before c. 1975 – 2008 collection of Thomas Carroll (b. 1919), Chevy Chase, MD (acquired in Latin America while stationed with the Food and Agriculture Organization, UN (1958-1961) or while working on assignment with the Inter-American Development Bank (1961-1984)); 2008 collection of Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Thomas Carroll)

Exhibition Information

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, A New World: Pre-Columbian Art from the Carroll Collection, March 29 – June 15, 2008

Publication Information

Scott, John F. and Laura Johnson-Kelly. A New World: Pre-Columbian Art from the Carroll Collection [an exh. cat.]. (Ithaca: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 2008); ref. p. 111, color illus. p. 111, cat. no. 182.

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

The donor pledged part of his collection, including this object, to the museum prior to 2008, as per correspondence between the donor and the museum dated 2005, on file. The object was acquired by the donor between the 1960s and early 1970s, while stationed in or on assignment to Latin America.

Provenance Information

D. Daniel Michel, Chicago, 1977, by purchase, no. 77:174; Ancient Art of the New World, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, 1991, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.

Exhibition Information

No known exhibitions.

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 November 2005.

Provenance Information

The Merrin Gallery, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, 1991, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.

Exhibition Information

No known exhibitions.

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 November 2005.

Provenance Information

The Merrin Gallery, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, 1990, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.

Exhibition Information

No known exhibitions.

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 November 2005.

Provenance Information

The Merrin Gallery, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, 1994, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.

Exhibition Information

No known exhibitions.

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 November 2005.

Provenance Information

Economos Works of Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, 1992, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.

Exhibition Information

No known exhibitions.

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 November 2005.