id: 136813
accession number: 1961.31
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Head Fragment, c. 900–300 BCE. Mesoamerica, Mexico, Olmec. Jadeite; overall: 7.4 x 6.2 x 5 cm (2 15/16 x 2 7/16 x 1 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1961.31
title: Head Fragment
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creation date: c. 900–300 BCE
creation date earliest: -900
creation date latest: -300
current location: 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade 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: 7.4 x 6.2 x 5 cm (2 15/16 x 2 7/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review (1961)
opening date: 1961-11-01T05:00:00
Year in Review (1961). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961).
title: Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
opening date: 1991-06-07T04:00:00
Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).
title: The Art of the Olmec Civilization
opening date: 1996-06-30T04:00:00
The Art of the Olmec Civilization. National Gallery of Art (organizer) (June 30-October 20, 1996).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Pre-Columbian Art: The Native Art of America Before the Conquest, The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL (January 10–February 1,1953).', 'opening_date': '1953-01-10T05:00:00Z'}
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PROVENANCE
(John Wise, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1961
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1961-
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RELATED WORKS
id: 137109
Drawing of Olmec Jade Head, 1930–57. Miguel Covarrubias (Mexican, 1904–1957). Pen and ink over graphite; image: 7.2 x 4.2 cm (2 13/16 x 1 5/8 in.); sheet: 9.9 x 10.7 cm (3 7/8 x 4 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Wise 1961.77
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id: 137110
Drawing of Olmec Jade Head, mid-1900s. Miguel Covarrubias (Mexican, 1904–1957). Pen and ink over graphite; image: 14.8 x 6.5 cm (5 13/16 x 2 9/16 in.); sheet: 16.9 x 8.4 cm (6 5/8 x 3 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Wise 1961.78
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CITATIONS
Society of the Four Arts (Palm Beach, Fla.), and Gordon F. Ekholm. Pre-Columbian Art, the Native Art of America Before the Conquest: Jan. 10-Feb. 1, 1953. Palm Beach: Society of the Four Arts, 1952.
page number: Cat. No. 9
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Hawley, Henry H. "An Olmec Jade Head." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 48, no. 8 (1961).
page number: pp. 212-215
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142469
Lee, Sherman E. "Year in Review 1961." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 48, no. 9 (1961).
page number: p. 238, no. 16
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142473
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
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
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. 393
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n413
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
page number: Reproduced: p. 6
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n21
Benson, Elizabeth P., Beatriz de la Fuente, and Marcia Castro-Leal Espino. Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1996.
page number: p. 221, Cat. No. 59
url:
"August at the CMA.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 63, no. 2 (2023): 28.
page number: Reproduced: P. 28.
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IMAGES
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