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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1051
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Head
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Life-size Head in the Round, with open mouth
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
head, sculpture
Date
14th century
Places
Creation Place: North America, Mexico
Culture
Aztec
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229864

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gray lava stone
Dimensions
21.8 x 16.7 x 17.6 cm (8 9/16 x 6 9/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
with base: 35.8 x 16.7 x 17.6 cm (14 1/8 x 6 9/16 x 6 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Brummer Gallery, New York], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, 1936, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1051
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Appears to have been broken off a larger figure; neck is rough. Ears are pierced, eyes carved out, texture carved into hair.

Publication History

  • Chinese Sculpture, Bronzes, Jades, Paintings and Drawings, Egyptian and Persian sculpture, Pre-Columbian art; selected from the collection of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1943), p. 8
  • George M. A. Hanfmann and Benjamin Rowland, "Ancient Arts at the Fogg Museum", Archaeology (Autumn 1954), vol. 7, no. 3, p. 130, p. 137, repr.
  • "The Grenville L. Winthrop Collection", Fogg Art Museum Newsletter (January 1969), vol. 6, no. 9, repr.
  • Dorothy W. Gillerman, ed., Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1969), no. 128, pp. 200-201, repr.
  • Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 2, p. 13, repr. in b/w

Exhibition History

  • Chinese sculpture, bronzes, jades, paintings and drawings, Egyptian and Persian sculpture, Pre-Columbian art : selected from the collection of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/01/1943 - 02/28/1944
  • Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/23/1969 - 03/31/1969
  • For Students of Art and Lovers of Beauty: Highlights from the Collection of Grenville L. Winthrop, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/16/2004

Verification Level

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