Grade Sculpture
- Culture
- Ambrym Island artist
- Date
- 20th century
- Material
- Tree fern and paint
- from
- Malampa province, Vanuatu, Oceania
- Classification
- Sculpture, wood
- Collection
- Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 59 1/16 x 13 3/8 in. (150 x 34 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Morton D. May
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 179:1975
Provenance
- 1964
Carlebach Gallery, Inc., New York, NY, USA
1964 - 1975
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Carlebach Gallery, Inc. [1]
1975 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [2]
Notes:
[1] An invoice dated March 4, 1964 from Carlebach Gallery, Inc. to Morton D. May documents the purchase, listed as "29422A / Old Fine Fern Figure, New Hebrides" [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].
[2] A letter dated August 14, 1975 from Morton D. May to Mary-Edgar Patton, acting director of the Saint Louis Art Museum, includes the offer of this object as part of a larger donation [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, November 6, 1975.
Carlebach Gallery, Inc., New York, NY, USA
1964 - 1975
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Carlebach Gallery, Inc. [1]
1975 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [2]
Notes:
[1] An invoice dated March 4, 1964 from Carlebach Gallery, Inc. to Morton D. May documents the purchase, listed as "29422A / Old Fine Fern Figure, New Hebrides" [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].
[2] A letter dated August 14, 1975 from Morton D. May to Mary-Edgar Patton, acting director of the Saint Louis Art Museum, includes the offer of this object as part of a larger donation [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, November 6, 1975.
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