id:			128187
accession number:	1951.179
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.179
updated:		2025-02-09 01:36:20.025000

Kneeling Figure, c. 1200–600 BCE. Mexico, Guerrero, Olmec. Stone; overall: 26.3 x 20 x 21.3 cm (10 3/8 x 7 7/8 x 8 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1951.179

title:				Kneeling Figure
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creation date:			c. 1200–600 BCE
creation date earliest:		-1200
creation date latest:		-600
current location:		233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
creditline:			The Norweb Collection
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culture:	Mexico, Guerrero, Olmec
technique:	stone
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 26.3 x 20 x 21.3 cm (10 3/8 x 7 7/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership
	opening date:   1995-12-16T05:00:00
	<i>The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership</i>. Princeton University Art Museum (organizer) (December 16, 1995-March 3, 1996); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (April 7-June 9, 1996).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; November 9, 1945-January 6, 1946.  "Art of the Americas." p.27, black and white repr.', 'opening_date': '1945-11-09T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Princeton, NJ: The Art Museum of Princeton University; December 16, 1995-March 3, 1996. Houston, Texas: The Museum of Fine Arts Houston; April 7, 1996- June 9, 1996.  "The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership." cat. no. 14, pg 144, color repr. (fig.1 is view of the underside)', 'opening_date': '1995-12-16T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Emery May Holden Norweb [1895-1984] and Raymond Henry Norweb [1894-1983], Cleveland OH, 1951, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1951
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1951
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Art of the Americas: Picture Book No. 2.</em> 1946.
	page number: 	p. 27
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	"Art and Archeology at The Cleveland Museum of Art." <em>Archeology </em>(Winter 1953).
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	Milliken, William M. "A Missing Fragment Recovered." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 44, no. 3 (1957)
	page number: 	pp. 46-8
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142196

	"Archeological News" <em>Archeology </em>10 no. 2, (Summer 1957).
	page number: 	p. 144
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	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. 357
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n68

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 290
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n314

	Alsop, Joseph. "Les Chefs-d'Oeuvre de Premiere Importance du Second Musee des Etats-Unis."<em>Connaissance </em>no. 172 (Juin 1966).
	page number: 	pp. 55-62
	url:		

	Alsop, Joseph. "Treasures of the Cleveland Museum of Art,” <em>Art In America</em> (May - June 1966).
	page number: 	p. 34
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 290
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n314

	Spaeth, Eloise. <em>American Art Museums: An Introduction to Looking.</em> New York, Evanston: Harper et Row, 1976.
	page number: 	pp. 19-21
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 392
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n412

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 4
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n20

	Coe, Michael D. <em>The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership</em>. Princeton, N.J.: Art Museum, Princeton University, 1996.
	page number: 	Cat. No. 14, p. 144
	url:		

	Taube, Karl Andreas. <em>Olmec Art at Dumbarton Oaks. </em>Estados Unidos: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2004.
	page number: 	fig. 30, p. 61
	url:		

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