Currently not on view
Reclining figure,
1400–1000 BCE
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1400–1000 BCE
North America, Mexico, Puebla, Las Bocas
<p> Before September 30, 1970, possibly John Austen Stokes, Jr. (1931-2023), Nyack, New York [1]. By September 30, 1970, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tishman (Paul, 1900-1996), New York [1]. By 1981, Constance Kamens Fine Art, New York; 1981, sold to Peter G. Wray (1934-2016), Scottsdale, AZ (#7067-W)[3]; April 1, 1983, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Levy (Irvin, 1929-2018), Dallas, TX[4]; May 28, 1997, “Pre-Columbian Art” sale, Sotheby’s, New York, lot 112. 1997, The Merrin Gallery, New York, sold to US private collection[4]; May 24, 2022, sold to Princeton University Art Museum. </p> <p> Notes: <br> [1] As per US private collection. <br> [2] According to Elizabeth Kennedy Easby and John F. Scott, Before Cortés: Sculpture of Middle America (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1970), cat. no. 9. <br> [3] According to Sotheby’s. <br> [4] Personal communication, Peter David Joralemon. <br> </p>
Figurine resting on a pillow
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