id:			155509
accession number:	1990.229
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.229
updated:		2022-01-04 17:08:43.038000

Mask, 1-550. Central Mexico, Teotihuacán style, Classic Period. Stone; overall: 15.7 x 15.3 x 7.9 cm (6 3/16 x 6 x 3 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.229

title:				Mask
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creation date:			1-550
creation date earliest:		200
creation date latest:		550
current location:		233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener
copyright:			

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culture:	Central Mexico, Teotihuacán style, Classic Period
technique:	stone
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 15.7 x 15.3 x 7.9 cm (6 3/16 x 6 x 3 1/8 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:		Teotihuacán: City of Water, City of Fire
	opening date:   2017-09-30T04:00:00
	<i>Teotihuacán: City of Water, City of Fire</i>. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA (September 30, 2017-February 11, 2018); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (March 25-September 3, 2018).

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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. 56, p. 270, repr. fig. 56, p. 251.<br>Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA (9/30/2017 – 2/11/2018) and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA (3/25/2018 – 7/15/2018): "Teotihuacán: City of Water, City of Fire"

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PROVENANCE

	(D’Arcy Galleries, New York, NY, 1960, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener)
	date: ?-1960
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	James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1960-1990
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1990
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wall description: 
Many Teotihuacán masks were once tied to something via holes on the back--perhaps a body-shaped form dressed in garments, ornaments, and a headdress that identified the figure. The stone masks’ eyes and mouths once held inlays representing irises, pupils, and teeth.
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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. 251
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161367

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IMAGES

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