id: 155463 accession number: 1990.189 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.189 updated: 2024-03-26 02:00:09.409000 Axe Figure, 100 BCE–300 CE. Mesoamerica, Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala. Serpentine; overall: 9.5 x 4.5 cm (3 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.189 title: Axe Figure title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 100 BCE–300 CE creation date earliest: -100 creation date latest: 300 current location: creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener copyright: --- culture: Mesoamerica, Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala technique: serpentine department: Art of the Americas collection: AA - Mesoamerica type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 9.5 x 4.5 cm (3 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art opening date: 1992-02-04T05:00:00 The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-November 29, 1992). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': '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. 42, p. 269, no repr.', 'opening_date': '1992-02-04T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Benedict Crowell, Jr., Oaxaca, MX,1962, given to James C. and Florence C. Gruener date: ?-1962 footnotes: citations: James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1962-1990 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1990 footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art. The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 79 (September 1992) page number: 269 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.189/1990.189_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.189/1990.189_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.189/1990.189_full.tif