Standing Figure Artist: Unknown

100 B.C.–A.D. 300

Art of the Ancient Americas

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Chlorite

Dimensions

7 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (19 × 8.9 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olsen

Accession Number

1960.44.1

Geography

Guerrero, Mexico

Culture

Mexico, Mezcala, Guerrero

Period

Early Classic Period

Classification

Sculpture

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Provenance
André Emmerich, New York, November 29, 1956; Fred H. Olsen (1891–1986), and Florence Quittenton Olsen, Guilford, Conn.; gift in 1967 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • George A. Kubler, ed., Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1986), 87, 253, no. 156, fig. 84
  • Professor George A. Kubler, The Art and Architecture of Ancient America, 2nd ed. (Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1975), pl. 76b
  • Richard Brettell, "Mezcala Stone Sculpture in the Olsen Collection," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 35, no. 1 (Summer 1974), 16–17, fig. 3
  • "Recent Gifts and Purchases," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 26, nos. 2–3 (December 1961), 44, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

human figures (visual works), sculptures

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