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Exceptional Nayarit Standing Figure with Clubs,
Ixtlán del Río Style, Protoclassic, 100 BC - AD 250
Ixtlán del Río Style, Protoclassic, 100 BC - AD 250
21 November – 5 December 2024, 12:00 PST
Online, Los AngelesUS$40,000 - US$50,000
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Exceptional Nayarit Standing Figure with Clubs,
Ixtlán del Río Style, Protoclassic, 100 BC - AD 250
Ixtlán del Río Style, Protoclassic, 100 BC - AD 250
Terracotta with buff polychrome surface
Height 20 1/2in (52cm)
Provenance
Douglas Hague Collection, Los Angeles
Edwin and Cherie Silver Collection, Los Angeles, acquired from the above in June 1967
Sotheby's, New York, The Collection of Edwin & Cherie Silver, 13 November 2017, Lot 36
Private Collection, United States
Inventoried by Hasso von Winning, March 28, 1970, no. 2
Literature
Alsberg, John L. and Rodolpho Petschek, Ancient Sculpture from Western Mexico: The Evolution of Artistic Form, Berkeley, 1968, p. 99, fig. 46
von Winning, Hasso, The Shaft Tomb Figures of West Mexico, Los Angeles, 1974, p. 150, fig. 221
Townsend, Richard F., ed., Ancient West Mexico: Art and Archaeology of the Unknown Past, Chicago, 1998, p. 24, fig. 14, cat. no. 199
Exhibited
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Ancient West Mexico: Art and Archaeology of the Unknown Past, 5 September 1998 - 22 November 1998, continuing to
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 20 December 1998 - 29 March 1999
As noted by Hasso von Winning about Nayarit Warriors (Ibid. p. 61), "Male figures holding weapons, but without armor, are standing, occasionally seated, with very elaborately painted polychrome and appliquéd decoration. They brandish a club, or a hatchet, or short spear and some of them wear a conical helmet made of leather or other thick material, sustained by a headband. Garments consist of a sleeveless shirt and short trousers set off in relief and painted in geometric designs in various colors. These are indicative of well-developed weaving techniques. The figures show an abundance of ornaments made of appliqués. These include fringed headbands, numerous earrings that project horizontally, nose rings or rods attached to the septum, and often a spoon-shaped ornament pending frontally from the belt. This last object has not yet been satisfactorily explained; some think it is a leaf, other suggest it is a shell. A conch shell [as in the work presented here] is sometimes attached to the belt. Necklaces are multistrand beads painted white above a crescent chest bar in relief. Faces are somewhat grotesque with large eyes, showing the pupils. Noses are prominent, ears consist of rectangular slabs. Lips are parted, showing well-defined teeth. Bodies are broad with wide shoulders. Short legs and broad feet with four or five toes enable the figure to stand freely. Arms are relatively thin and short, with modeled hands."
Height 20 1/2in (52cm)
Provenance
Douglas Hague Collection, Los Angeles
Edwin and Cherie Silver Collection, Los Angeles, acquired from the above in June 1967
Sotheby's, New York, The Collection of Edwin & Cherie Silver, 13 November 2017, Lot 36
Private Collection, United States
Inventoried by Hasso von Winning, March 28, 1970, no. 2
Literature
Alsberg, John L. and Rodolpho Petschek, Ancient Sculpture from Western Mexico: The Evolution of Artistic Form, Berkeley, 1968, p. 99, fig. 46
von Winning, Hasso, The Shaft Tomb Figures of West Mexico, Los Angeles, 1974, p. 150, fig. 221
Townsend, Richard F., ed., Ancient West Mexico: Art and Archaeology of the Unknown Past, Chicago, 1998, p. 24, fig. 14, cat. no. 199
Exhibited
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Ancient West Mexico: Art and Archaeology of the Unknown Past, 5 September 1998 - 22 November 1998, continuing to
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 20 December 1998 - 29 March 1999
As noted by Hasso von Winning about Nayarit Warriors (Ibid. p. 61), "Male figures holding weapons, but without armor, are standing, occasionally seated, with very elaborately painted polychrome and appliquéd decoration. They brandish a club, or a hatchet, or short spear and some of them wear a conical helmet made of leather or other thick material, sustained by a headband. Garments consist of a sleeveless shirt and short trousers set off in relief and painted in geometric designs in various colors. These are indicative of well-developed weaving techniques. The figures show an abundance of ornaments made of appliqués. These include fringed headbands, numerous earrings that project horizontally, nose rings or rods attached to the septum, and often a spoon-shaped ornament pending frontally from the belt. This last object has not yet been satisfactorily explained; some think it is a leaf, other suggest it is a shell. A conch shell [as in the work presented here] is sometimes attached to the belt. Necklaces are multistrand beads painted white above a crescent chest bar in relief. Faces are somewhat grotesque with large eyes, showing the pupils. Noses are prominent, ears consist of rectangular slabs. Lips are parted, showing well-defined teeth. Bodies are broad with wide shoulders. Short legs and broad feet with four or five toes enable the figure to stand freely. Arms are relatively thin and short, with modeled hands."
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