Standing Figure
- Culture
- Classic Veracruz
- Period
- Late Classic period, 600–909
- Date
- c.600–750
- Material
- Painted earthenware
- associated with
- Veracruz state, Mexico, North and Central America
- Classification
- Ceramics, sculpture
- Collection
- Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 17 1/4 x 8 x 5 1/2 in. (43.8 x 20.3 x 14 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Morton D. May
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 211:1978
Provenance
Everett Rassiga Inc., New York, NY, USA [1]
- 1967
D'Arcy Galleries, New York, NY, purchased from Everett Rassiga Inc. [1]
1967 - 1978
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from D'Arcy Galleries [2]
1978 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [3]
Notes:
[1] A note on the accession records states this object was "originally owned by [Everett] Rassiga who sold it to D'Arcy Galleries" [SLAM document files].
[2] An invoice dated May 5, 1967 from D'Arcy Galleries to Morton D. May documents this purchase, listed as ""Smiling face" figure, clay, reddish and white color, Mexico, Veracruz, Totonac / 17 3/4" high - has stand" [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].
[3] A letter dated September 29, 1978 from Morton D. May to James N. Wood, director of the Saint Louis Art Museum, includes the offer of this object as part of a larger donation [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, December 13, 1978.
- 1967
D'Arcy Galleries, New York, NY, purchased from Everett Rassiga Inc. [1]
1967 - 1978
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from D'Arcy Galleries [2]
1978 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [3]
Notes:
[1] A note on the accession records states this object was "originally owned by [Everett] Rassiga who sold it to D'Arcy Galleries" [SLAM document files].
[2] An invoice dated May 5, 1967 from D'Arcy Galleries to Morton D. May documents this purchase, listed as ""Smiling face" figure, clay, reddish and white color, Mexico, Veracruz, Totonac / 17 3/4" high - has stand" [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].
[3] A letter dated September 29, 1978 from Morton D. May to James N. Wood, director of the Saint Louis Art Museum, includes the offer of this object as part of a larger donation [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, December 13, 1978.
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