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Figure of a Seated Leader
Totonac · 300–600 CE
Provenance
Ownership history
- Edward H. and Vivian Merrin, Edward H. Merrin Gallery, New York, from mid-1960s [this and the following according to correspondence from Edward H. Merrin Gallery, Aug. 30, 1995 and Nov. 10, 1995, copy in curatorial object file]; sold to William P. Palmer III (died 1982), Portland, ME, late 1960s; estate of William P. Palmer III, sold to Edward H. Merrin Gallery, New York, 1983; sold to Thomas H. and Frances R. Dittmer, Chicago, July 1984; consigned to the Edward H. Merrin Gallery, New York, by July 1995; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1995.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Literature
Published references
- James N. Wood, <em>Treasures from The Art Institute of Chicago</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 2000), 28.
- Jean Sousa,<em> Looking at Art Together: A Parent Guide</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 2002), ill. cover, 83.
- Richard Townsend, “Figure of a Seated Chieftain," <em>Notable Acquisitions at the Art Institute of Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies</em> 29, 2 (2003): 8–9.
- Richard Townsend with Elizabeth Pope, <em>Indian Art of the Americas at the Art Institute of Chicago</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016), 220–221, cat. 174.
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