Provenance Information

Stan and Linda Kovacs, New York; Sotheby’s New York sale,8-9 February 1985, lot 242; W Benson Harer, Jr, San Bernardino, California, gifted 2022 to; Adina Lei Savin.

Exhibition Information

LACMA permanent collection gallery (1985-1990);
California State University, San Bernardino, January 8 - March 1, 1992; University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona, October - December 1993; CSUSB, 1994-2004.

Publication Information

Sotheby’s, New York, June 2, 1984, lot 68; Sotheby’s, New York, February 8-9, 1985, lot 242; Gerry D. Scot III, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, University Art Gallery, California State University, San Bernardino, 1992, pp. 168 and 171, cat. 121.

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

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

LACMA follows the American Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) 2008 guidelines on the Acquisition of Archeological Material and Ancient Art. Due to the lack of provenance for this object dating prior to 1970, this acquisition is made relying on an exception to AAMD guidelines based on the number, places, and circumstances of “independent exhibitions and publications” of this work. In addition, AAMD guidelines also allow for the gift of a work of art that had been on a long-term loan to the museum prior to 2008.

Provenance Information

Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California, possibly purchased from Jean-François Mignon, Aix-en Provence, France.

Exhibition Information

Michael C. Carlos Museum, Veneralia 2019 Senuseret Collection Preview, May 18, 2019

Publication Information

To our knowledge, this object has never been published.

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

Cumulative facts and circumstances

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Donor acquired most of his collection at small French auctions in the 1970s.

Provenance Information

Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California, possibly acquired from Jean-Loup Despras, Paris, France.

Exhibition Information

To our knowledge, this object has never been exhibited.

Publication Information

To our knowledge, this object has never been published.

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

Cumulative facts and circumstances

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Donor acquired most of his collection from small French auctions in the 1970s.

Provenance Information

Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California, possibly purchased from Jean-François Mignon, Aix-en Provence, France.

Exhibition Information

To our knowledge, this object has never been exhibited.

Publication Information

To our knowledge, this object has never been published.

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

Cumulative facts and circumstances

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Donor acquired most of his collection from French auctions in the 1970s.

Provenance Information

Purchased by Georges Ricard (1921-2012) from Hotel des Ventes du Prado, Marseille, France, December 1, 1973, lot 22. Ex coll. Musée de l'Égypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco, 1975-1982. Ex Ricard Family Collection, Santa Barbara, California.

Exhibition Information

l'Egypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco 1975-1978.

Publication Information

Hotel des Ventes du Prado, Objets de Fouille et de Haute Curiosite Monnaies Antiques de Bronze, Argent et Or (1er Decembre 1973), lot 22.

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

Cumulative facts and circumstances

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Research on this object is ongoing.

Provenance Information

Ex private collection, Belgium, by 1991. Ex coll. Joop Bollen, United States, purchased from Dick Meijer [D. Meyer Antiquiteiten], Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 2, 2003.

Exhibition Information

Van Nijl tot schelde, Bank Brussel Lambert, Brussels, Belgium, April 5 - June 9, 1991
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, 2006 - Present

Publication Information

Daniel de Cardon de Lichtbuer, Van Nijl tot schelde: Bank Brussel Lambert 5 april - 9 juni = Du Nil a l'escaut (Wommelgem: Blonde Artprinting Internat, 1991), number 110.

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

Gifted to museum in 2006.

Provenance Information

Archaeological provenance not yet documented, probably from el-Amarna, Egypt, reused inside the pylon of Ramsses II at Hermopolis Magna, Egypt; mid-1960s, reportedly acquired by an anonymous Swiss collector; by 2015, acquired from descendants of an anonymous Swiss collector by Rupert Wace Ancient Art, London; 2015, purchased at TEFAF, Maastricht from Rupert Wace Ancient Art by Hermann A. Schlögl of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany; 2022, gift of Hermann A. Schlögl to the Brooklyn Museum.

Exhibition Information

None, but the object will go on view in the Later Egypt Gallery in 10/2022, alongside Brooklyn's 86.226.30, Brooklyn's 2019.13, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art's 68.16.

Publication Information

Johnson, Ray, "A Pastoral Scene from El Amarna Reconstructed" in KMT, no. 283 (Fall 2017) pp. 1-7.
Schlogl, Buxtorf, "Kunst und Handwerk aus Agyptens Goldener Zeit," Harrassowitz-Verlag Weisbaden, 2018, p. 50.

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

Cumulative facts and circumstances

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

This block joins three other talatat blocks in known collections, as published by Ray Johnson in 2017. The object will go on view in 10/2022, along with Brooklyn's 86.226.30, Brooklyn's 2019.13, and Metropolitan Museum of Art's 68.16. With this addition, the Brooklyn Museum collection is now able to illustrate semi- comic genre scenes during the Amarna Period; no other Egyptian collection outside of Egypt has the ability to illustrate this important point.

Provenance Information

Archaeological provenance not yet documented; probably from el-Amarna, Egypt, reused inside the pylon of Ramsses II at Hermopolis Magna, Egypt; before 1980, reportedly acquired by Marianne Maspero of Paris, France; between 1980 and 2004, provenance not yet documented; before 2004, reportedly acquired by Galerie Cybele, Paris, France; between 2004 and 2018, provenance not yet documented; by 2018, acquired by Rupert Wace Ancient Art, London, United Kingdom; 2019, purchased from Rupert Wace Ancient Art by the Brooklyn Museum.

Exhibition Information

Later Egypt Galleries, Brooklyn Museum, 11/6/2019-present.

Publication Information

Johnson, Ray, "A Pastoral Scene from El Amarna Reconstructed" in KMT, no. 283 (Fall 2017) pp. 1-7.

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

Cumulative facts and circumstances

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

The work has provenance until at least 1980 in Paris, and was published in 2017.

This block joins two other talatat blocks in known collections, as published by Ray Johnson in 2017.

The object is currently on view alongside with Brooklyn's 86.226.30 and Metropolitan Museum of Art's 68.16. In October 2022, a newly acquired talatat, 2022.17, will be added to the presentation. With the addition of this object, the Brooklyn Museum collection is able to illustrate semi- comic genre scenes during the Amarna Period; no other Egyptian collection outside of Egypt has the ability to illustrate this important point.

Provenance Information

Ex coll. Michael Shubin (1950-2008), Montebello, California, acquired from Kevork Simonian [Nomis Antiquities], Van Nuys, California, August 18, 2005.

Exhibition Information

To our knowledge, these objects have never been exhibited.

Publication Information

To our knowledge, these objects have never been published.

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

Partial interest received prior to 2008

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

This object came in as the third part of an initial gift that was accepted under the guidelines of the 2004 AAMD Report on the Acquisition of Archaeological Materials and Ancient Art as an extraordinary teaching resource.

Provenance Information

Ex coll. Pyush Patel, United States, purchased from Simon Ohan Simonian, California, July 27, 2010.

Exhibition Information

Michael C. Carlos Museum, Permanent Collection Galleries, May 14, 2013 - Present

Publication Information

To our knowledge, this object has never been published.

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

Cumulative facts and circumstances

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Object was reportedly out of source country before current export laws and regulations were put in place. The Carlos continues to conduct provenance research on this object and all of our collections.