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accession number: 1951.179
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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
The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership. 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. Art of the Americas: Picture Book No. 2. 1946.
page number: p. 27
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"Art and Archeology at The Cleveland Museum of Art." Archeology (Winter 1953).
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Milliken, William M. "A Missing Fragment Recovered." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 44, no. 3 (1957)
page number: pp. 46-8
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142196
"Archeological News" Archeology 10 no. 2, (Summer 1957).
page number: p. 144
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. 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."Connaissance no. 172 (Juin 1966).
page number: pp. 55-62
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Alsop, Joseph. "Treasures of the Cleveland Museum of Art,” Art In America (May - June 1966).
page number: p. 34
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 290
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n314
Spaeth, Eloise. American Art Museums: An Introduction to Looking. New York, Evanston: Harper et Row, 1976.
page number: pp. 19-21
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
page number: Reproduced: p. 4
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n20
Coe, Michael D. The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership. Princeton, N.J.: Art Museum, Princeton University, 1996.
page number: Cat. No. 14, p. 144
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Taube, Karl Andreas. Olmec Art at Dumbarton Oaks. Estados Unidos: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2004.
page number: fig. 30, p. 61
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