Figure of a Seated Chieftain by Nayarit
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Figure of a Seated Chieftain

Nayarit · 100 BCE–250 CE

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Leonard Kaplan, Ancient Art, Laguna Beach, CA, by 1968 [this and the following according to notarized statement by L. Kaplan, July 6, 1998, copy in curatorial object file]; sold to Proctor Stafford, Los Angeles, CA, 1968; given to his sister, Barbara L. Hinton, Palm Springs, CA, 1971 [notarized statement by B. Hinton, May 4, 1998, copy in curatorial object file]; sold to Claudia Giangola and John Menser, Ancient Art of the New World, New York, 1998 [Incoming permanent receipt RX22067, July 24, 1998, copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1998.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Literature

Published references

  • Richard Townsend, “Figure of a Youthful Chieftain,” <em>Notable Acquisitions at the Art Institute of Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies</em> 29, 2 (2003), 6–7 (ill.).
  • Richard Townsend with Elizabeth Pope, <em>Indian Art of the Americas at the Art Institute of Chicago</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016), 156-157, cat. 132 (ill.).

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