Figure of a Standing Man | Yale University Art Gallery

1000–1250

This is a typical figure from the Atlantic Watershed. It has a stylized horizontal face with semicircular ears, a deep brow, a broad nose, and parallel lips. The horseshoe-shaped object the figure holds is quite rare. The figure may be a sacrificial victim, his eyes closed in death.

Medium: Volcanic rock
Dimensions: 11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olsen
Accession Number: 1959.55.11
Geography: Costa Rica
Culture: Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, Guapiles
Classification: Sculpture
Disclaimer: Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance

Alfred Stendahl, Los Angeles, CA, March 1, 1957; Fred H. Olsen (1891–1986), and Florence Quittenton Olsen, Guilford, Conn.; gift in 1959 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

Elise K. Kenney, ed., Handbook of the Collections: Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 321, ill

George A. Kubler, ed., Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1986), 194, 367, no. 427, fig. 252

"Recent Gifts and Purchases, February 22–December 31, 1959," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 26, no. 1 (December 1960), 44

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

human figures (visual works)

Subject

nudes

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