Provenance Information

Harold Kaye [1914-1974], New York, NY and London; by 1957, lent to the Worcester Art Museum; 2016, acquired by the Worcester Art Museum in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 200B: Disposition of Museum Property.

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

N/A

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 object was loaned to the Worcester Art Museum in 1957. In 2016, after an extended attempt to locate the heirs of the lender, the work was considered abandoned property and legal title was transferred to the Museum according to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 200B: Disposition of Museum Property.

Provenance Information

Harold Kaye [1914-1974], New York, NY and London; by 1957, lent to the Worcester Art Museum; 2016, acquired by the Worcester Art Museum in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 200B: Disposition of Museum Property.

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

N/A

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 object was loaned to the Worcester Art Museum in 1957. In 2016, after an extended attempt to locate the heirs of the lender, the work was considered abandoned property and legal title was transferred to the Museum according to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 200B: Disposition of Museum Property.

Provenance Information

Harold Kaye [1914-1974], New York, NY and London; by 1957, lent to the Worcester Art Museum; 2016, acquired by the Worcester Art Museum in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 200B: Disposition of Museum Property.

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

N/A

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 object was loaned to the Worcester Art Museum in 1957. In 2016, after an extended attempt to locate the heirs of the lender, the work was considered abandoned property and legal title was transferred to the Museum according to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 200B: Disposition of Museum Property.

Provenance Information

Harold Kaye [1914-1974], New York, NY and London; by 1957, lent to the Worcester Art Museum; 2016, acquired by the Worcester Art Museum in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 200B: Disposition of Museum Property.

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

N/A

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 object was loaned to the Worcester Art Museum in 1957. In 2016, after an extended attempt to locate the heirs of the lender, the work was considered abandoned property and legal title was transferred to the Museum according to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 200B: Disposition of Museum Property.

Provenance Information

Oppenheimer Family, San Antonio, Texas, before 1980 (Note 1); John and Kathi Oppenheimer by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 2023.
Note 1: This object appears in a photograph of the Oppenheimer collection printed in November 1980 (date appears on the reverse of the photograph).

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

N/A

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

San Antonio Museum of Art staff began working with and exhibiting objects from the Oppenheimer collection on loan by 1998, a relationship that culminated in the donation of the collection to the museum in 2023. Documents presented to the museum prior to the donation indicate that Herbert Oppenheimer (1911-1989) was active in Mesoamerican art collecting by 1960; documentation also shows that his son, John Oppenheimer, was actively collecting by 1968. This artwork appears in a photograph of the Oppenheimer collection dated to 1980, the earliest photographs of the collection in the museum’s possession.

Provenance Information

Oppenheimer Family, San Antonio, Texas, before 1998 (note 1); John and Kathi Oppenheimer by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 2023.
Note 1: This object appears in a photograph of the Oppenheimer collection dated to 1998. It was likely acquired well before the photograph was made, as many objects in the Oppenheimer collection were acquired before 1980.

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

N/A

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

San Antonio Museum of Art staff began working with and exhibiting objects from the Oppenheimer collection on loan by 1998, a relationship that culminated in the donation of the collection to the museum in 2023. Documents presented to the museum prior to the donation indicate that Herbert Oppenheimer (1911-1989) was active in Mesoamerican art collecting by 1960; documentation also shows that his son, John Oppenheimer, was actively collecting by 1968.

Provenance Information

Purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Alan J. Englander, New York; to their daughter, Diane Englander, at their death; her gift to the Gallery in 2013

Exhibition Information

None known.

Publication Information

None known.

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

Per donor's written statement indicating the works had been collected by her parents and that their collecting in this area had ceased by 1970.

Provenance Information

Purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Alan J. Englander, New York; to their daughter, Diane Englander, at their death; her gift to the Gallery in 2013

Exhibition Information

None known.

Publication Information

None known.

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

Per donor's written statement indicating the works had been collected by her parents and that their collecting in this area had ceased by 1970.

Provenance Information

John G. Bourne [date and mode of acquisition unknown; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 2017].

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

Throckmorton Fine Art, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John G. Bourne, 1990s (?), by purchase; 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 gift / promised gift began in April 2005.