Tripod Vessel

by 1965 -
Everett Rassiga Inc., New York, NY, USA [1]

- 1969
George Pepper (d.1969), Mexico City, Mexico [2]

1969 - 1970
Jeanette Pepper, Los Angeles, CA, by inheritance [3]

1970 - 1980
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Jeanette Pepper, through agent Everett Rassiga [4]

1980 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [5]


Notes:
[1] This object is identified in a 1965 publication as "Collection Everett Rassiga Inc., New York" [Coe, Michael D., "The Jaguar's Children: Pre-Classic Central Mexico." New York: The Museum of Primitive Art, 1965, Cat. 39].

[2] An invoice dated February 10, 1970 from Everett Rassiga Inc. to Morton D. May records May's purchase of the Pepper Collection from Jeanette Pepper, widow of George Pepper. Listed as "Unique three-bulbed vase" on an inventory list titled "Latin American Ceramics / Pepper Collection Box 2" [invoice and notebook in May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].

[3] Correspondence between the Saint Louis Art Museum and Margot Pepper confirms that Jeanette Pepper inherited her husband's collection upon his death [email correspondence dated July 1, 2009, SLAM document files].

[4] See notes [1] and [2]. A letter dated February 11, 1970 from Everett Rassiga to Morton D. May indicates Rassiga acted as May's agent in the purchase of the Pepper Collection. Listed in the Pepper Notebooks as "Unique three-bulbed vase" [letter and notebook in May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].

[5] A letter dated April 3, 1980 from Morton D. May to John Peters MacCarthy, president of the Board of Commissioners, includes the offer of this object as part of a larger donation [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, June 6, 1980.