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Seated Figure

Seated Figure

Public Domain

Seated Figure
Artist
CultureOlmec
Titles
  • Seated Figure
Date1500–300 BC
Made inGulf Coast, Mexico
MediumEarthenware with slip
Dimensions16 3/4 × 12 1/4 × 9 in. (42.5 × 31.1 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by "One Great Night in November, 2014"
Object number2014.839
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceAdler collection, New York, before 1968; [Edward H. Merrin Gallery, New York, 1968–1971] [1]; Adam Katz collection, Long Island, 1971–2014; [The Merrin Gallery, Inc., New York, 2014].

[1] Justin Kerr Photographic Archive, New York, 1969.
Exhibition History"Works of Art from Pre-Columbian Mexico and Guatemala," Edward H. Merrin Gallery, New York, 1971.
Published References Works of Art from Pre-Columbian Mexico and Guatemala (New York: Edward H. Merrin Gallery, 1971), fig. 5

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