Provenance Information

Hans Juergen Westermann, Germany, 1950-1960; Splendors of the World Collection; Jerry Bock, Hawaii; Dr. Jack M. Katz, Peoria, Illinois; (Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, Illinois); purchased by the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Indianapolis, Indiana, in 2021.

Exhibition Information

Unknown

Publication Information

Unknown

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 provenance provided from the dealer lists the object outside of Peru in the date range of 1950-1960.

Provenance Information

Purchased in Guatemala by Alfred Stendahl for (Stendahl Galleries, Los Angeles, California) between 1965 and 1972;{1} purchased by Dr. Wally and Brenda Zollman, Indianapolis, Indiana, around about 1980; purchased by Michael and Patricia McCrory, Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1998; given to the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields in 2017.

{1} Alfred Stendahl's collecting activities suggest he purchased the vase between 1965 and 1972. Photography of the vase at Stendahl Galleries dates to 1976.

Exhibition Information

The Face of Ancient America: The Wally and Brenda Zollman Collection of Pre-Columbian Art, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Noyes Gallery, December 03, 1988 to February 26, 1989

Publication Information

Published in the Exhibition Catalogue for 'The Face of Ancient America: The Wally and Brenda Zollman Collection of Pre-Columbian Art'

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 vase belonged to two collectors who have been involved with the IMA for decades. It has appeared in exhibitions and publications by renown archaeologists, Michael D. Coe and Lee Parsons. The object’s provenance in the United States goes back to at least 1972, per the report prepared by the law office of Kate Fitz Gibbon, which states that Stendahl Galleries records indicate acquisition of the vase between 1965 and 1972. It has been on loan to the IMA previously and was included in the IMA 1988 exhibition, “The Face of Ancient America: The Wally and Brenda Zollman Collection of Precolumbian Art,” and was illustrated in the accompanying catalogue.