id:			155405
accession number:	1990.136
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.136
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:09.065000

Seated Deity, 1350–1519. Mexico, Aztec, Valley of Mexico near Teotihuacan, Macuilxochitl (?), 14th-16th century. Gray volcanic stone with red pigment; overall: 37.5 x 20.3 x 24.8 cm (14 3/4 x 8 x 9 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.136

title:				Seated Deity
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creation date:			1350–1519
creation date earliest:		1350
creation date latest:		1519
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener
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culture:	Mexico, Aztec, Valley of Mexico near Teotihuacan, Macuilxochitl (?), 14th-16th century
technique:	gray volcanic stone with red pigment
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 37.5 x 20.3 x 24.8 cm (14 3/4 x 8 x 9 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
	opening date:   1992-02-04T05:00:00
	<i>The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-November 29, 1992).

	title:		Long-term loan/5 years (renewable to 10 years
	opening date:   2000-01-27T00:00:00
	<i>Long-term loan/5 years (renewable to 10 years</i>. Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley, MA (organizer) (January 27, 2000-April 1, 2005).

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PROVENANCE

	(Black Tulip Galleries, Inc., Dallas, TX, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener)
	date: ?-1958
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	James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. Gruener [1908-1982], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1958-1990
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1990-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Young-Sánchez, Margaret. "The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 79, no. 7 (1992): 234-75.
	page number: 	Referenced: cat. no. 113, p. 263, Reproduced: fig. 113, p. 263
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25161367.

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