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BZW-189709

A Veracruz Yoke

Mexico

42.6 cm (16.8 in)

Provenance

  • Jay C. Leff, Uniontown
  • May 12, 1983, Sotheby's — Important Pre-Columbian Art
  • Dec 12, 2024, Sotheby's — Arts d'Afrique, d'Océanie et des Amériques

Auction results

Lot 106, Sotheby's, New York — May 12, 1983
Important Pre-Columbian Art
Estimate: Not spec.
Lot 13, Sotheby's, Paris — Dec 12, 2024
Arts d'Afrique, d'Océanie et des Amériques
Estimate: EUR 75,000 - 125,000
Sold: EUR 120,000
USD 126,046

Publications

Gordon B. Washburn, Exotic Art from Ancient and Primitive Civilizations: Collection of Jay C. Leff, Pittsburgh, 1959, p. 76, no. 493 Elizabeth K. Easby, Ancient Art of Latin America: From the Collection of Jay C. Leff, New York, 1966, no. 311 Michael Kan, Pre-Columbian Art of Mesoamerica: From the Collection of Jay C. Leff, Allentown, 1972, no. 63, illus. Katheryn M. Linduff, Ancient Art of Middle America: Selections from the Jay C. Leff Collection, Huntington, 1974, p. 40, no. 61, illus.

Exhibitions

Pittsburgh, The Carnegie Institute, Exotic Art from Ancient and Primitive Civilizations: Collection of Jay C. Leff, October 15, 1959 –January 3, 1960 New York, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Ancient Art of Latin America: From the Collection of Jay C. Leff, November 22, 1966 – March 5, 1967 Allentown, The Allentown Art Museum, Pre-Columbian Art of Mesoamerica: From the Collection of Jay C. Leff, February 13 – April 2, 1972 Huntington, Huntington Galleries, Ancient Art of Middle America: Selections from the Jay C. Leff Collection, February 17 – June 9, 1974 Dallas, The Dallas Museum of Art, 1991 - 2017, on loan