Head of Xilonen, the Goddess of Young Maize by Mexica (Aztec)
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Head of Xilonen, the Goddess of Young Maize

Mexica (Aztec) · 1400–1500

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Everett (1904–1984) and Ann (died 1994) McNear, Chicago, by 1960 [on loan to the Art Institute of Chicago for the exhibition <em>Primitive Art from Chicago Collections</em>, Wardwell 1960, cat. 38]; by descent to Ann McNear, Chicago, 1984; sold, Sotheby’s, New York, Nov. 24, 1986, Sale 5516, to the Art Institute of Chicago.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Art Institute of Chicago, <em>Primitive Art from Chicago Collections</em>, Nov. 16, 1960–Jan. 2, 1961, cat. 38 (ill.).
  • Arts Club of Chicago, <em>High Culture in the Americas before 1500</em>, Nov. 15–Dec. 31, 1982, cat. 50, p. 24 (ill.).

Literature

Published references

  • Allen Wardwell, <em>Primitive Art from Chicago Collections</em>, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1960), cat. 38 (ill.).
  • H.B. Nicholson, “An Aztec Stone Image of a Fertility Goddess,” <em>Baessler-Archiv</em>, Berlin, XI, no. I (1963): 9-30, 10-12; figs. 1-3 (ill.).
  • H.B. Nicholson, “An Aztec Stone Image of a Fertility Goddess: Addenda,” <em>Baessler-Archiv</em>, Berlin, XIII (1964), 236.
  • Everett McNear, <em>High Culture in the Americas before 1500</em>, exh. cat. (The Arts Club of Chicago, 1982), 24, cat. 50 (ill.).
  • Richard Townsend with Elizabeth Pope, <em>Indian Art of the Americas at the Art Institute of Chicago</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016), 388, cat. 187 (ill.).

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