Harvard Art Museums > 1943.1051: Head Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Head (Unidentified Artist) , 1943.1051,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/229864. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.1051 People Unidentified Artist Title Head Other Titles Alternate Title: Life-size Head in the Round, with open mouth Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture, head Date 14th century Places Creation Place: North America, Mexico Culture Aztec Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/229864 Physical Descriptions Medium Gray lava stone Dimensions 21.8 x 16.7 x 17.6 cm (8 9/16 x 6 9/16 x 6 15/16 in.) with base: 35.8 x 16.7 x 17.6 cm (14 1/8 x 6 9/16 x 6 15/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Brummer Gallery, New York], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, 1936, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop Accession Year 1943 Object Number 1943.1051 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Appears to have been broken off a larger figure; neck is rough. Ears are pierced, eyes carved out, texture carved into hair. Publication History Chinese Sculpture, Bronzes, Jades, Paintings and Drawings, Egyptian and Persian sculpture, Pre-Columbian art; selected from the collection of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1943), p. 8 George M. A. Hanfmann and Benjamin Rowland, "Ancient Arts at the Fogg Museum", Archaeology (Autumn 1954), vol. 7, no. 3, p. 130, p. 137, repr. "The Grenville L. Winthrop Collection", Fogg Art Museum Newsletter (January 1969), vol. 6, no. 9, repr. Dorothy W. Gillerman, ed., Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1969), no. 128, pp. 200-201, repr. Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 2, p. 13, repr. in b/w Exhibition History Chinese sculpture, bronzes, jades, paintings and drawings, Egyptian and Persian sculpture, Pre-Columbian art : selected from the collection of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/01/1943 - 02/28/1944 Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/23/1969 - 03/31/1969 For Students of Art and Lovers of Beauty: Highlights from the Collection of Grenville L. Winthrop, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/16/2004 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
