Figurine
- Culture
- Olmec
- Date
- c.500 BCE
- Material
- Stone
- made in
- Mexico, North and Central America
- Classification
- Sculpture, stone & mineral
- Collection
- Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- height: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Morton D. May
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 154:1979
Provenance
- 1969
Everett Rassiga (1922–2003), New York, NY, USA
1969 - 1979
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, USA, purchased from Everett Rassiga [1]
1979 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, gift of Morton D. May [2]
Notes:
[1] An invoice dated December 2, 1969 from Everett Rassiga Inc. to Morton D. May documents this purchase; listed as "Olmec stone dwarf figure" [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].
[2] A letter dated July 5, 1979 from Morton D. May to James N. Wood records the donation [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, October 10, 1979.
Everett Rassiga (1922–2003), New York, NY, USA
1969 - 1979
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, USA, purchased from Everett Rassiga [1]
1979 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, gift of Morton D. May [2]
Notes:
[1] An invoice dated December 2, 1969 from Everett Rassiga Inc. to Morton D. May documents this purchase; listed as "Olmec stone dwarf figure" [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].
[2] A letter dated July 5, 1979 from Morton D. May to James N. Wood records the donation [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, October 10, 1979.
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