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Lot 204
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Femme nue debout Culture Nayarit Mexique occidental Protoclassique, 100 av. J.-C.-250 ap. J.-C.

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Culture Nayarit
  • Femme nue debout
  • Céramique à engobe rouge brique, oxydations noires
  • h. 50 cm ; 19 3/4 in

Provenance

Galerie Ferrero, Genève, 1959
Collection Barbier-Mueller, Genève, Inv. n° 504-10

Exhibited

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, 30 janvier-24 mars 1992, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, 11 avril-15 juin 1992, Barcelone, Fondation la Caixa, 25 novembre 1992-24 janvier 1993, Art millénaire des Amériques: de la découverte à l’admiration, 1492-1992
Lisbonne, Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Arte pré-colombiana da colecção Barbier-Mueller, 23 mars-4 juin 1995

Literature

Art millénaire des Amériques: de la découverte à l’admiration, 1492-1992, 1992, pl. 33, p. 228
Arte pré-colombiana da colecção Barbier-Mueller, 1995, pl. 33
Ritual Arts of the New World: Pre-Columbian America, 2000, cat. 33, p. 266
Barbier-Mueller (Jean Paul), " Confidentiellement vôtre ", in Arts & Cultures, 2003, p. 254
Trésors de la céramique précolombienne du Museo Barbier-Mueller de Arte Precolombino de Barcelona, 2003,  fig. 35, p. 43

Condition

Etat de conservation moyen. L'engobe s'enlève par plaques, forte altération sur le bras et la main droite avec restauration visible. Repeints Average condition. The slip is lifting in places, strong fading to the right arm and hand, with visible restoration. Repainting in places
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