id: 155538 accession number: 1990.249 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.249 updated: 2023-03-14 12:01:42.416000 Ballgame Palma, c. 900–1100. Mexico, Gulf Coast, Classic Veracruz style (600-1100). Stone, pigment traces; overall: 42.7 x 8.3 x 19.6 cm (16 13/16 x 3 1/4 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.249 title: Ballgame Palma title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 900–1100 creation date earliest: 900 creation date latest: 1100 current location: 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener copyright: --- culture: Mexico, Gulf Coast, Classic Veracruz style (600-1100) technique: stone, pigment traces department: Art of the Americas collection: AA - Mesoamerica type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 42.7 x 8.3 x 19.6 cm (16 13/16 x 3 1/4 x 7 11/16 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 * 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. 71, p. 271, repr. fig. 71, p. 252. --- PROVENANCE (Stendahl Art Galleries, Los Angeles, CA, 1965, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener) date: ?-1965 footnotes: citations: James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1965-1990 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1990 footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: In art, ballplayers are shown wearing palmas atop hip protectors like one displayed nearby. The palma covers the chest, as if to insulate it from bruising encounters with the rubber ball. The stone sculptures are too heavy for wear but may mimic the shape of lighter-weight gear used during play. This elegant, fan-shaped palma is adorned with scrolls that form grotesque heads in profile. Traces of blue indicate that like many ancient sculptures it was brightly painted. --- 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. 218, fig. 306 url: Young-Sánchez, 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: p. 252; Mentioned: p. 253 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161367 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.249/1990.249_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.249/1990.249_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.249/1990.249_full.tif