Provenance

Acquired by Albert J. and Monique Grant, New York, 1950s–1960s; sale, Arte Primitivo, New York, May 26, 2020, lot 34; sold to Peter David Joralemon, New York, May 26, 2020 (on loan to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., from 2021)

The Grant Collection:

- The Grants donated many pre-Columbian objects to the Met: A Veracruz Masked Figure-#2014.244.13,
Michoacan Bed Figures, 2014.244.20, 2014.244.22; Huastec Vessel 2014.244.11; Nayarit Male Seated Figure, 2014.244.1; Olmec Bowl, 2014.244.26; Nayarit Jar, 2014.244.14; Colima Ring of Figures, 2014.244.6; Veracruz Incised Bowl, 2014.244.12; Colima Shell Fish Pendant, 2014.2244.27; plus 10 other objects and drawings by Miguel Coverrubias. The Grants also gave and sold objects to the Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. including a Chupicuaro figure was purchased from Monique Grant in 1962, #23/173; and a possible Chupicuaro Rattle in the form of an animal, #23/2721.
The provenance field for the Grants at the Met are stated:
Albert J. and Monique Grant, New York, acquired 1960s; Albert J. Grant and Monique Grant Joint Revocable Trust, until 2014

Request to Met provenance department asking for more information if possible, sent this morning (4/20/21); Met GC advised contact with Stacy Goodman; MD reached out to SG, response awaited –
correspondence in file:
You are welcome – good luck!

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Rebecca Noonan Murray
Senior Associate General Counsel
Office of the Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
212 396 5157

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028
@metmuseum
metmuseum.org

From: Doyon, Megan
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2021 2:24 PM
To: Murray, Rebecca Noonan
Subject: Re: [External] - Albert and Monique Grant gifts

Thank you very much! The Grants have managed to elude me for a long time, even though they have credit lines all over American museums.
Megan Doyon
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On Apr 23, 2021, at 2:20 PM, Murray, Rebecca Noonan wrote:

Dear Ms. Doyon, I checked with our AAOA department, and the curators there recommend that you be in touch with Stacy Goodman, who worked as an advisor to the Grant estate:

Stacy Goodman Art Advisory LLC
goodmanstacy@gmail.com

I hope this helps, and please let me know if you have further questions.

Best regards,

Becky Murray

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Rebecca Noonan Murray
Senior Associate General Counsel
Office of the Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
212 396 5157

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028
@metmuseum
metmuseum.org

From: Doyon, Megan
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 8:51 AM
To: Provenance Research
Subject: [External] - Albert and Monique Grant gifts

Good morning,
I work at the Yale University Art Gallery, in the department of Ancient Art and Arts of the Ancient Americas, and we are currently researching the collections histories, I am trying to get some more information on Monique and Albert Grant. I see from your web site, that the Grants gave some 27+ objects to the Met, but cannot get more information regarding the trust that the gifts were donated through, nor when or where or how the Grants actually acquired the objects. I am not so concerned with the Covarrubias drawings, or objects that are European, but rather the Pre-Columbian objects. If you can find this information, could you please let me know how to copy it and paste it into our records without getting the whole Met web site?
Thank you in advance,
Megan Doyon

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