id:			155563
accession number:	1990.266
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.266
updated:		2022-01-04 17:08:54.408000

Pair of Standing Figures, c. 100 BC-AD 300. Mexico, Nayarit, Ixtlan del Rio Style. Earthenware with colored slips; overall: 52 x 32.5 x 19.5 cm (20 1/2 x 12 13/16 x 7 11/16 in.); part 2: 48 x 30.8 x 16 cm (18 7/8 x 12 1/8 x 6 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.266

title:				Pair of Standing Figures
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creation date:			c. 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, Nayarit, Ixtlan del Rio Style
technique:	earthenware with colored slips
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 52 x 32.5 x 19.5 cm (20 1/2 x 12 13/16 x 7 11/16 in.); Part 2: 48 x 30.8 x 16 cm (18 7/8 x 12 1/8 x 6 5/16 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. 30, p. 269, repr. fig. 30, p. 244.

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PROVENANCE

	(Ramon Ramirez, Indio, CA, 1970, to James C. and Florence C. Gruener)
	date: ?-1970
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	James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1970-1990
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1990
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wall description: 
Nagarit ceramic sculputres, like those of Colima, were manufactured for burial with the dead. The popular male-female couples may be portraits of the individuals with whom they were buried. This female figure, dressed in a colorful skirt and hat, has painted or tattooed patterns on her torso and face. Jewelry adorns her face, ears, and nose. The vessel on her shoulder symbolizes her domestic duties. Like his female companion, this male figure is portrayed in all his finery. He carries spears, indicating that he is a hunter or warrior, and his confident grin conveys aggression and vitality.
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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: p. 244; Mentioned: p. 245
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161367

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