Head from a Figure
- Culture
- Maya
- Period
- Late Classic period, 600–909
- Date
- c.600–900
- Material
- Stucco with pigment
- Classification
- Ceramics, sculpture
- Collection
- Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 13 x 11 13/16 x 9 1/2 in. (33 x 30 x 24.1 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Morton D. May
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 149:1979
Provenance
- 1967
Eugenia Alvarez, Mexico City and Cuernavaca, Mexico
1967 - 1979
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, USA, purchased from Eugenia Alvarez through agent Everett Rassiga [1]
1979 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [2]
Notes:
[1] An invoice dated April 25, 1967 from Eugenia Alvarez to Morton D. May documents this purchase, one of four objects listed as "Maya Stucco Head" [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].
[2] A letter dated July 5, 1979 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, October 10, 1979.
Eugenia Alvarez, Mexico City and Cuernavaca, Mexico
1967 - 1979
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, USA, purchased from Eugenia Alvarez through agent Everett Rassiga [1]
1979 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [2]
Notes:
[1] An invoice dated April 25, 1967 from Eugenia Alvarez to Morton D. May documents this purchase, one of four objects listed as "Maya Stucco Head" [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].
[2] A letter dated July 5, 1979 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, October 10, 1979.
We regularly update records, which may be incomplete. If you have additional information, please contact us at provenance@slam.org.