Beaker

1. Eduard Gaffron (1861–1931), Lima, Peru, from 1892 to 1912, then Berlin, from 1912 [History of the Department report (Joanne Behrens, 1985) and correspondence in curatorial file]; by descent to his children Mercedes Gaffron (1908–1993), Berlin then Durham, NC, and Hans Gaffron (1902–1979), Berlin then Chicago [correspondence and documentation of the Gaffron Collection in curatorial file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1955.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• New York, Museum of Modern Art, <em>Ancient Arts of the Andes</em>, Jan. 25–Mar. 21, 1954, cat. 100; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1954; San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, July 15–Sept. 15, 1954.
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, <em>The Gold of Ancient America</em>, Dec. 5, 1968–Jan. 12, 1969, cat. 28; Art Institute of Chicago, Feb. 1–Mar. 9, 1969; Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Mar. 24–Apr. 20, 1969.
• New Haven, CT, Peabody Musem of Natural History, <em>Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas</em>, Jan. 26–May 4, 2003, no cat. no.; Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, June 22, 2003–Sept. 7, 2003; Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Oct. 18, 2003–Jan. 4, 2004; Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Feb. 13–May 9, 2004; Houston Museum of Natural Science, June 12–Aug. 29, 2004; Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, Oct. 8, 2004–Feb. 1, 2005.

• Walter Lehmann and Heinrich Ubbelohde-Doering, <em>Kunstgeschichte des Alten Peru</em> (Ernst Wasmuth Verlag, 1924), pl. 103 (ill.).
• Walter Lehmann with Heinrich Ubbelohde-Doering, eds., <em>The Art of Old Peru</em> (Ernest Benn, 1924), pl. 103 (ill.).
• Heinrich Ubbelohde-Doering, <em>Old Peruvian Art</em> (E. Weyhe, 1936), pl. 40 (ill.).
• Art Institute of Chicago, “Treasures of Ancient Peruvian Art,” <em>Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly</em> 46, no. 2 (Apr. 1, 1952): 28 (ill.).
• Heinrich Ubbelohde-Doering, <em>The Art of Ancient Peru</em> (Praeger, 1952), pl. 85 (ill.).
• Heinrich Ubbelohde-Doering, <em>The Art of Ancient Peru</em>, 2nd ed., (Praeger, 1954), pl. 85 (ill.).
• Wendell C. Bennett, <em>Ancient Arts of the Andes</em>, exh. cat. (Museum of Modern Art, 1954), 88, cat. 100 (ill.).
• Art Institute of Chicago, “Gaffron Collection Acquired,” <em>The Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly</em> 50, no. 1 (Feb. 1, 1956), 2–3 (ill.), <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/4117478">https://www.jstor.org/stable/4117478</a>.
• Allen Wardwell, <em>Primitive Art in the Collections of the Art Institute of Chicago</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 1965), n.p., cat. 3 (ill.), as <em>Head Beaker</em>.
• Allen Wardwell, <em>The Gold of Ancient America</em>, exh. cat. (Museum of Fine Arts, 1968), 42-43, cat. 28 (ill.)
• Walter Lehmann and Heinrich Doering, <em>The Art of Old Peru</em>, reissued (Hacker Art Books, 1975), pl. 103 (ill.).
• Richard Townsend with Elizabeth Pope, <em>Indian Art of the Americas at the Art Institute of Chicago</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016), 368, cat. 345 (ill.).

Minature Handled Bowl with Textile-like Design

Art Institute of Chicago

Drinking Vessel (Kero)

Art Institute of Chicago

Shawl

Art Institute of Chicago

Carrying Cloth

Art Institute of Chicago

Vessel

Art Institute of Chicago

Miniature Single-Handled Jar with Textile-like Pattern

Art Institute of Chicago

Fragment from the Topacu Waistband of a Tunic (Uncu)

Art Institute of Chicago

Female Figurine

Art Institute of Chicago

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