Jar with Anthropomorphic Figure by Paracas
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Jar with Anthropomorphic Figure

Paracas · 650–150 BCE

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Pablo Soldi, Ica, Peru [Wardwell 1965, pl. 8]. Bruno John Wassermann-San Blás Collection, Buenos Aires, Argentina, by 1954; sold to Nathan Cummings (1896–1985), Chicago, 1954; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1960.

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. 55d.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/8880/chicago-s-dream-a-world-s-treasure-the-art-institute-1893-1993"><em>Chicago’s Dream, A World’s Treasure: the Art Institute, 1893-1993</em></a>, Nov. 1, 1993–Jan. 9, 1994, cat.

Literature

Published references

  • Allen Wardwell, <em>Primitive Art from Chicago Collections</em>, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1960), cat. 55d (ill.).
  • Allen Wardwell, <em>Primitive Art in the Collections of the Art Institute of Chicago</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 1965), n.p., cat. 5 (ill.), as <em>Jar</em>.
  • Richard Townsend with Elizabeth Pope, <em>Indian Art of the Americas at the Art Institute of Chicago</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016), 287, cat. 232.

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