id: 155498 accession number: 1990.219 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.219 updated: 2022-10-29 15:51:16.713000 Standing Figure, c. 900–400 BC. Mexico, Olmec, 1200-300 BC. Serpentine; overall: 10.6 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm (4 3/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.219 title: Standing Figure title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 900–400 BC creation date earliest: -900 creation date latest: -400 current location: creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener copyright: --- culture: Mexico, Olmec, 1200-300 BC technique: serpentine department: Art of the Americas collection: AA - Mesoamerica type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 10.6 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm (4 3/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 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). title: Sacred Symbols: Three Thousand Years of Native American Art [FRAME] opening date: 2002-07-16T00:00:00 Sacred Symbols: Three Thousand Years of Native American Art [FRAME]. Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France (July 16-September 29, 2002); Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, Rouen, France (October 24, 2002-January 13, 2003); Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, 69001 Lyon, France (February 19-April 29, 2003); Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, Rennes, France (May 27-August 18, 2003); Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN (organizer) (October 26, 2003-January 11, 2004). --- 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. 5, p. 267, repr. fig. 5, p. 240.

Montpellier, France: Musee Fabre; July 16- September 29, 2002. Rouen, France: Musee des Beaux- Arts; October 24, 2002- January 13, 2003. Lyon, France: Musee des Beaux- Arts; February 19- April 28, 2003. Rennes, France: Musee des Beaux- Arts; May 27- August 18, 2003. Minneapolis, MN: Minneapolis Institute of Arts; October 26, 2003- January 11, 2004. FRAME exhibition -- "Sacred Symbols: Three Thousand Years of Native American Art." --- PROVENANCE (Stendahl Art Galleries, Los Angeles, CA, 1959, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener) date: ?-1959 footnotes: citations: James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1959 -1990 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1990 footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: The Olmec were Mesoamerica's greatest lapidaries; their work in jade and serpentine was prized by both contemporary and later Mesoamerican cultures. Human beings were jaguar traits (such as the downturned mouth and paw-like hands of this figurine) are common in Olmec art. Such creatures were probably believed to possess supernatural powers. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Von Winning, Hasso, and Alfred Stendahl. Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America: Text and Notes by Hasso Von Winning. Selection of Plates by Alfred Stendahl. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1968. page number: p. 57, fig. 51 url: Young-Sãnchez, Margaret. "The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 79, no. 7 (1992): 234-75. page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 240 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161367 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.219/1990.219_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.219/1990.219_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.219/1990.219_full.tif