id: 155574
accession number: 1990.275
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.275
updated: 2024-03-26 02:00:10.062000
Urn Figure Head Fragment, c. 200–500 CE. Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec. Earthenware; overall: 17.2 x 22.5 x 13.7 cm (6 3/4 x 8 7/8 x 5 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.275
title: Urn Figure Head Fragment
title in original language:
series:
series in original language:
creation date: c. 200–500 CE
creation date earliest: 200
creation date latest: 500
current location: 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener
copyright:
---
culture: Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec
technique: earthenware
department: Art of the Americas
collection: AA - Mesoamerica
type: Sculpture
find spot:
catalogue raisonne:
---
CREATORS
---
measurements: Overall: 17.2 x 22.5 x 13.7 cm (6 3/4 x 8 7/8 x 5 3/8 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': 'Palm Beach, FL: The Society of the Four Arts; January 10 - February 1,1953. "Pre-Columbian Art: The Native Art of America Before the Conquest." Cat. no. 38, no repr.', 'opening_date': '2010-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'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. 52, p. 270, repr. fig. 52, p. 250.', 'opening_date': '1992-02-04T00:00:00'}
---
PROVENANCE
Howard Leigh, 1962, sold 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
Boos, Frank H. The Ceramic Sculptures of Ancient Oaxaca. Los Angeles (California): [s.n.], 1967.
page number: p. 461
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 and Mentioned: p. 250
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161367
---
IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.275/1990.275_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.275/1990.275_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.275/1990.275_full.tif