Large standing figurine with wavy hair and short arms Maker: Unknown

300 B.C.–A.D. 250

Art of the Ancient Americas

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Buff ceramic with red paint

Dimensions

7 3/4 × 3 1/8 × 1 3/8 in. (19.685 × 7.938 × 3.493 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Peter David Joralemon, B.A. 1969, M.Phil. 1974

Accession Number

2008.215.3

Geography

Tlatilco, Mexico

Culture

Mexico, Tlatilco

Period

Late Formative to Early Classic Period

Classification

Sculpture

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Provenance
Dalton Trumbo (died 1976), California; by inheritance to the Estate of Dalton Trumbo, California; sale, Sotheby’s Parke-Bernet, New York, March 3, 1978, lot 65. Peter David Joralemon, New York, by 1990s (inv. no. PCS362); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2008
This work appears on our "Antiquities and Archaeological Material with Provenance Documentation Gaps" page.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions 2009," in "State of the Art: Contemporary Sculpture," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009), 144
  • Sotheby's, New York, Pre-Columbian and American Indian Art: The Property of Various Owners, sale cat. (March 3, 1978), sale 4088, lot 65
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

figurines, human figures (visual works)

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