id:			137110
accession number:	1961.78
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.78
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:51.236000

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

title:				Drawing of Olmec Jade Head
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creation date:			mid-1900s
creation date earliest:		1930
creation date latest:		1957
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creditline:			Gift of John Wise
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culture:	Mexico, 20th century
technique:	pen and ink over graphite
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - Mexican
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Miguel Covarrubias (Mexican, 1904–1957)  - artist

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measurements: 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.)
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RELATED WORKS

	id: 		136813
	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
	relationship: 	based on

	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
	relationship: 	related series

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CITATIONS

	Hawley, Henry H. "An Olmec Jade Head." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 48, no. 8 (October 1961): 212-15.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 213, fig. 2
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25142469

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