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
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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
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culture:	Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec
technique:	earthenware
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 17.2 x 22.5 x 13.7 cm (6 3/4 x 8 7/8 x 5 3/8 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).

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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'}

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PROVENANCE

	Howard Leigh, 1962, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener
	date: ?-1962
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	James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1962-1990
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1990
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Boos, Frank H. The Ceramic Sculptures of Ancient Oaxaca. Los Angeles (California): [s.n.], 1967.
	page number: 	p. 461
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	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. 250
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161367

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