Art Institute of ChicagoPublic domain
Face
Teotihuacan · 300–600 CE
Provenance
Ownership history
- Private collection, Mexico, then United States, 1959 [imported to US in 1959 according to customs form dated 3/9/59 in curatorial file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2012.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Baltimore, MD, Walters Art Museum, <em>Art of the Ancient Americas</em>, Sept. 22, 2002–2012, loan number IL.2002.3.46.
Literature
Published references
- Gerald Berjonneau, Emile Deletaille, and Jean-Louis Sonnery, <em>Rediscovered Masterpieces of Mesoamerica: Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras</em> (Editions Artes, 1985), 112–13, 271, pl. 143 (ill.), as <em>Shell covered mask</em>.
- Matthew Robb, "The Ancient Americas," <em>The Walters Magazine</em> (Sept. 22, 2002), 2–7 (ill.).
- Douglas Druick, <em>The Essential Guide</em>, 4th ed. (Art Institute of Chicago, 2013), 22 (ill.), as <em>Shell Mosaic Ritual Mask</em>.
- Richard Townsend with Elizabeth Pope, <em>Indian Art of the Americas at the Art Institute of Chicago</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016), 178, cat. 152 (ill.).
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