id:			127149
accession number:	1949.470
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.470
updated:		2025-02-14 13:29:48.424000

Miniature Mask, c. 900–400 BCE. Mesoamerica, Mexico, Olmec. Jadeite; overall: 3.5 x 3 x 1.2 cm (1 3/8 x 1 3/16 x 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1949.470

title:				Miniature Mask
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creation date:			c. 900–400 BCE
creation date earliest:		-900
creation date latest:		-400
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Mesoamerica, Mexico, Olmec
technique:	jadeite
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Jade
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measurements: Overall: 3.5 x 3 x 1.2 cm (1 3/8 x 1 3/16 x 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cincinnati, OH: The Taft Museum; October 6-November 19, 1950.  "Ancient American Gold and Jade."', 'opening_date': '1950-10-06T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Munich, Germany: Haus der Kunst; October 17- December 12, 1958. cat. no. 331. Zurich, Switzerland: Kunsthaus; January 1- February 28, 1959. cat. no. 36. Paris, France: Galerie Charpentier; March 15-May 15, 1959. Holland: The Hague; June 1-July 31, 1959. Berlin, Germany: Academie der Kunst; October 3- November 22, 1959. Circulating exhibition of "Pre-Columbian Art from Mexico and Central America."', 'opening_date': '1958-10-17T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	A. Frank, possibly Augusto, sold to Brummer Gallery
	date: ?-1936
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	Brummer Collection sold to Vladimir Simkhovitch
	date: 1936-1947
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	Professor Vladimir G. Simkhovitch to J. Wise Ltd., New York, NY
	date: ?-1949
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	John Wise (J. Wise Ltd, New York, NY), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1949
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1949-?
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Brummer Gallery Records. Cloisters (Museum), n.d.
	page number: 	N3741
	url:		https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll9/id/12875/rec/1

	Milliken, William. "Pre-Columbian Accessions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>37, no. 1 (January 1950): 10-11, 14-16.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 11; Mentioned: p. 14
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141601

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 370
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n70

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IMAGES

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