Provenance Information

(sale) Sotheby's, New York, New York, "Pre-Columbian Art," sale 6562, lot 41, May 17, 1994; David Bernstein Fine Art, New York, New York, ca. Nov., 1994

Exhibition Information

no known prior exhibitions

Publication Information

no known prior 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

This work has provenance confirmed to 1994, when it was sold at Sotheby’s, New York. (Sotheby’s was unable to provide any further information regarding earlier provenance.) Since that time it has been loaned repeatedly to the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. At the museum it has been on nearly constant view as part of the Brooks’ installation of Meso- and South American art. The tabard is the only piece of Inca featherwork in the museum’s collection, and thus fills an important gap in the museum’s holdings.

Provenance Information

Estate of Dorothy Sturm, Memphis, Tennessee, 1988; Pitt and Barbara Hyde, Memphis, Tennessee, 2016

Exhibition Information

no known prior exhibitions

Publication Information

no known prior publications

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

Coins of the Byzantine Empire were issued in very large numbers and were widely circulated. In the past coinage of this type tended to be poorly illustrated in sales catalogues, thus making it difficult to trace the provenance of particular pieces. Although Dorothy Sturm began collecting in the 1960s or 70s, the Brooks has been unable to substantiate the precise date of acquisition of this and other coins in collection as they were acquired by the donor after her death in 1988. The coin greatly enhances the Brooks’ collection of Medieval and Byzantine Art.

Provenance Information

Estate of Dorothy Sturm, Memphis, Tennessee, 1988; Pitt and Barbara Hyde, Memphis, Tennessee, 2016

Exhibition Information

no known prior exhibitions

Publication Information

no known prior publications

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

Coins of the Byzantine Empire were issued in very large numbers and were widely circulated. In the past coinage of this type tended to be poorly illustrated in sales catalogues, thus making it difficult to trace the provenance of particular pieces. Although Dorothy Sturm began collecting in the 1960s or 70s, the Brooks has been unable to substantiate the precise date of acquisition of this and other coins in collection as they were acquired by the donor after her death in 1988. The coin greatly enhances the Brooks’ collection of Medieval and Byzantine Art.

Provenance Information

Estate of Dorothy Sturm, Memphis, Tennessee, 1988; Pitt and Barbara Hyde, Memphis, Tennessee, 2016

Exhibition Information

no known prior exhibitions

Publication Information

no known prior publications

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

Coins of the Byzantine Empire were issued in very large numbers and were widely circulated. In the past coinage of this type tended to be poorly illustrated in sales catalogues, thus making it difficult to trace the provenance of particular pieces. Although Dorothy Sturm began collecting in the 1960s or 70s, the Brooks has been unable to substantiate the precise date of acquisition of this and other coins in collection as they were acquired by the donor after her death in 1988. The coin greatly enhances the Brooks’ collection of Medieval and Byzantine Art.

Provenance Information

Estate of Dorothy Sturm, Memphis, Tennessee, 1988; Pitt and Barbara Hyde, Memphis, Tennessee, 2016

Exhibition Information

no known prior exhibitions

Publication Information

no known prior publications

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

Coins of the Byzantine Empire were issued in very large numbers and were widely circulated. In the past coinage of this type tended to be poorly illustrated in sales catalogues, thus making it difficult to trace the provenance of particular pieces. Although Dorothy Sturm began collecting in the 1960s or 70s, the Brooks has been unable to substantiate the precise date of acquisition of this and other coins in collection as they were acquired by the donor after her death in 1988. The coin greatly enhances the Brooks’ collection of Medieval and Byzantine Art.

Provenance Information

Estate of Dorothy Sturm, Memphis, Tennessee, 1988; Pitt and Barbara Hyde, Memphis, Tennessee, 2016

Exhibition Information

no known prior exhibitions

Publication Information

no known prior publications

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

Coins of the Byzantine Empire were issued in very large numbers and were widely circulated. In the past coinage of this type tended to be poorly illustrated in sales catalogues, thus making it difficult to trace the provenance of particular pieces. Although Dorothy Sturm began collecting in the 1960s or 70s, the Brooks has been unable to substantiate the precise date of acquisition of this and other coins in collection as they were acquired by the donor after her death in 1988. The coin greatly enhances the Brooks’ collection of Medieval and Byzantine Art.

Provenance Information

Estate of Dorothy Sturm, Memphis, Tennessee, 1988; Pitt and Barbara Hyde, Memphis, Tennessee, 2016

Exhibition Information

no known prior exhibitions

Publication Information

no known prior publications

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

Although Dorothy Sturm began collecting in the 1960s or 70s, the Brooks has been unable to substantiate the precise date of acquisition of this and other coins in collection as they were acquired by the donor after her death in 1988. The coin greatly enhances the Brooks’ collection of Ancient art of the Mediterranean world.

Provenance Information

Estate of Dorothy Sturm, Memphis, Tennessee, 1988; Pitt and Barbara Hyde, Memphis, Tennessee, 2016

Exhibition Information

no known prior exhibitions

Publication Information

no known prior publications

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

Although Dorothy Sturm began collecting in the 1960s or 70s, the Brooks has been unable to substantiate the precise date of acquisition of this and other coins in collection as they were acquired by the donor after her death in 1988. The coin greatly enhances the Brooks’ collection of Ancient art of the Mediterranean world.

Provenance Information

Estate of Dorothy Sturm, Memphis, Tennessee, 1988; Pitt and Barbara Hyde, Memphis, Tennessee, 2016

Exhibition Information

no known prior exhibitions

Publication Information

no known prior publications

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

Although Dorothy Sturm began collecting in the 1960s or 70s, the Brooks has been unable to substantiate the precise date of acquisition of this and other coins in collection as they were acquired by the donor after her death in 1988. The coin greatly enhances the Brooks’ collection of Ancient art of the Mediterranean world.

Provenance Information

Estate of Dorothy Sturm, Memphis, Tennessee, 1988; Pitt and Barbara Hyde, Memphis, Tennessee, 2016

Exhibition Information

no known prior exhibitions

Publication Information

no known prior publications

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

Although Dorothy Sturm began collecting in the 1960s or 70s, the Brooks has been unable to substantiate the precise date of acquisition of this and other coins in collection as they were acquired by the donor after her death in 1988. The coin greatly enhances the Brooks’ collection of Ancient art of the Mediterranean world.