Seated Figure
c. 900–300 BC
Maker Unknown
Art of the Americas
Seated Figure, c. 900–300 BC. Mexico, Olmec, 1200-300 BC. Albitite; overall: 11 x 6.2 x 3.9 cm (4 5/16 x 2 7/16 x 1 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1941.390
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Jade
- Formatted Medium
- albitite
- Medium
- albitite
- Dimensions
- Overall: 11 x 6.2 x 3.9 cm (4 5/16 x 2 7/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
- Departments
- Art of the Americas
- Accession Number
- 1941.390
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Art of the Americas, Pre-Columbian Art of the Gulf States, The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership, The Art of the Olmec Civilization, Toledo, OH: The Museum of Art; January 1944. "The Ancient Art of the North American Continent."<br><br>Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; November 9, 1945-January 6, 1946. "Art of the Americas." repr. in catalogue, black and white, p. 29.<br><br>Cincinnati, OH: The Taft Museum; October 6-November 19, 1950. "Ancient American Jade and Gold." exh. cat. no. 1.<br><br>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. 2, no repr.<br><br>Munich, Germany: Haus der Kunst; October 17-December 12, 1958. exh. cat. no. 326, repr. black and white pl. 40a. Zurich, Switzerland; Kunsthaus; January 1- February 28, 1959. exh. cat. no. 31, repr. black and white pl. 8a.<br>Paris, France: Galerie Charpentier; March 15- May 15, 1959. exh. cat. no. 18. The Netherlands: The Hague; June1- July 31, 1959. Berlin, Germany: Academie der Kunst; October 3- November 22, 1959. Circulating exhibition of "Pre- Columbian Art from Mexico and Central America."<br><br>Coral Gables, FL: Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami; January 11-February 11, 1973. "Pre- Colombian Art of the Gulf States." exh. cat. no. 43, repr. p. 23. <br><br>New York, NY: The Museum of Modern Art. "Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art." exh. cat. no. 2, p. 32, exh. cat. no. 3, p. 34.<br><br>Los Angeles, CA: The Los Angeles County Museum of Art; September 26, 2010- January 9, 2011. San Francisco, CA: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; February 19- May 30, 2011. "Olmec: Collossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico."
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
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