id:			155461
accession number:	1990.187
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.187
updated:		2022-01-04 17:08:33.831000

Architectural Model, 100 BC-AD 300. Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala. Serpentine; overall: 12 x 4.7 x 2.6 cm (4 3/4 x 1 7/8 x 1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.187

title:				Architectural Model
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creation date:			100 BC-AD 300
creation date earliest:		-100
creation date latest:		300
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener
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culture:	Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala
technique:	serpentine
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 12 x 4.7 x 2.6 cm (4 3/4 x 1 7/8 x 1 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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 4 - November 29, 1992. "The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art." The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art. 79 (September, 1992.) cat. no. 40, p. 269, repr. fig. 40, p. 248.

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PROVENANCE

	(Frances Pratt, Inc., New York, NY, 1962, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener)
	date: ?-1962
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	James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1962-1990
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1990
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fun fact: 
Mezcala architectural models reportedly come from burials, but few have been scientifically excavated.

digital description: 
The Mezcala style takes its name from a river in its homeland, the Guerrero region of western Mexico. The style is known for small-scale stone sculptures including architectural “models” characterized by sleek abstraction. Because comparisons to actual architecture in the Mezcala region are scarce, it is not known whether the models refer to temples, houses, or underground funerary structures.

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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: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 248
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161367

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