1943.1054: Mask

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.1054

People

Unidentified Artist

Title

Mask

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

mask, sculpture

Date

3rd-7th century

Places

Creation Place: North America, Mexico, Teotihuacan

Culture

Mexican

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/230105

Physical Descriptions

Medium

White marble

Dimensions

14.4 x 15 x 7.6 cm (5 11/16 x 5 7/8 x 3 in.)
with base: 19.5 x 15 x 7.6 cm (7 11/16 x 5 7/8 x 3 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Brummer Gallery, New York]; sold to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1938, 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

1943.1054

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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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. 7

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
• 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

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