On view
Art of the Ancient Americas
Smiling figure,
600–900
Remojadas
Late Classic Period
2007-134
Information
Title
Smiling figure
Dates
600–900
Medium
Ceramic with traces of red and yellow pigment
Dimensions
h. 29.4 cm., w. 18.1 cm., d. 7.1 cm. (11 9/16 x 7 1/8 x 2 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
2007-134
Place Made
North America, Mexico, Veracruz, Gulf Coast
Period
Subject
By 1967, sold by J. Sokolov to Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ [1]; 2007, gift to the Princeton University Art Museum.
Notes:
[1] According to a Griffin index card (M29), he acquired this figure from J. Sokolov. This object was also on loan to the museum in 1967 (L.1967.75).
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Joan Mark, The Silver Gringo: William Spratling and Taxco (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2000)
, p. 106 (illus.) -
"Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2007," in "More than one: photographs in sequence," special issue, Record of the Princeton University Art Museum 67 (2008): p. 96-119.
, p. 114
