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Book Review
The Man Who Invented Aztec Crystal Skulls: The Adventures of Eugène Boban
05/2021 | 1418 | 163
Pages: 478-480
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Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
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The Man Who Invented Aztec Crystal Skulls: The Adventures of Eug ne Boban By Jane MacLaren Walsh and Brett Topping. 348 pp. incl. 81 b. & w. ills. (Berghahn Books, New York and Oxford, 2020),  15.95. ISBN 978–1–789–20478–0. | :
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7. Human skull. Probably French, mid-nineteenth century. Rock crystal, height 25 cm. (British Museum, London).
Book Review
The New World in Early Modern Italy, 1492–1750, E. Horodowich and L. Markey, eds.
05/2019 | 1394 | 161
Pages: 438-439
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Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
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‘Now the void’: reconsidering Giacometti’s ‘Hands holding the void: invisible object’
11/2014 | 1340 | 156
Pages: 749-756
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Finlay, John (Finlay, John)
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38. Hands holding the void: invisible object, by Alberto Giacometti (National Gallery of Art, Washington)
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39. A corner of Giacometti's studio with Hands holding the void: invisible object (in the foreground) and Small man (in the background). Photograph by Dora Maar, 1934 (Collection Timothy Baum, New York)
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40. Head of the artist's father, by Alberto Giacometti (Alberto Giacometti Foundation, Zürich)
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41. Small crouching man, by Alberto Giacometti (Alberto Giacometti Foundation, Zürich)
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44. Head, by Alberto Giacometti (Musée national d'arte moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris)
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45. Copy of Mexican sculpture, the goddess Ciuoacoatl, by Alberto Giacometti (Private collection)
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47. Disagreeable object, by Alberto Giacometti (Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris)
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42. Standing goddess with temple headdress. Mexico (Museum der Kulturen, Basel)
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43. The captive King Yax Ahx ('Green Turtle'). 600-900 AD (Late Classic Period). (Toniná Site Museum, Chiapas, Mexico)
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46. The goddess Ciuoacoatl. Mexico (Musée de l'homme, Paris). Reproduced in Tristan Tzara's 'A propos de l'art précolumbien', Cahiers d'Art 3/4 (1928), p.170
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48. Face plaque. Teotihuacán, 250-600 AD (Early Classic Period). (Walters Art Museum, Baltimore)
Exhibition Review
Latin America 1492-1820. Philadelphia, Mexico City and Los Angeles
11/2007 | 1256 | 149
Pages: 807-810
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Bray, Xavier (Bray, Xavier)
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The Arts in Latin America 1492–1820 | institution: Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso , institution: Los Angeles County Museum of Art , institution: Philadelphia Museum of Art
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86. Don Francisco de la Robe and his sons Pedro and Domingo, by Andrés Sánchez Gallque. 1599. Canvas, 92 by 175 cm. (Museo del Prado, Madrid, on deposit at the Museo de América, Madrid; exh. Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
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82. Christ Child of Huanca. Peru, c.1600–10. Polychromed wood with gilding, 82 cm. high. (Church of San Pedro, Lima; exh. Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
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83. Altarpiece of the Virgin of Sorrows. Mexico, c.1690. Gilt and polychromed wood, oil on panel and canvas, silver and cloth, 615 by 425.3 by 74 cm. (Fundación Televisa A.C., Mexico City; exh. Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
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84. Feather mitre with infulae. Mexico, sixteenth century. Feathers glued on parchment and textile with embroidery, 40.5 by 29 cm. (mitre); 42 by 10 cm. (infulae). (Museo degli Argenti, Palazzo Pitti, Florence; exh. Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
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85. Ecce Homo. Mexico, late sixteenth century. Corn paste, painted, 54.5 cm. high. (Patrimonio Nacional, Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales, Madrid; exh. Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
Exhibition Review
Aztecs. London
03/2003 | 1200 | 145
Pages: 233-235
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Laughton, Tim (Laughton, Tim)
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119. Head of a youth. Aztec. c. 1500. Stone, shell and obsidian, 19.6 by 15.5 cm. (Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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120. Grasshopper. Aztec. Carneolite, 19.5 by 19.4 cm. (Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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121. Huitzilopochtli. Aztec. c. 1500. Greenstone, 6.7 by 4.1 by 4.7 cm. (Laboratoire d'Ethnologie, Musée de l'Homme, Paris; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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122. Xipe Totec. Aztec. c. 1500. Fired clay and paint, 97 by 43 by 20 cm. (Museo Regional de Puebla; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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123. Cihuateotl. Aztec. c. 1500. Stone, 112 by 53 by 53 cm. (Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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124. Mictlantechutli (detail). Aztec. Terracotta, 176 by 80 by 50 cm. (whole figure). (Museo Templo Mayor, Mexico City; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Exhibition Review
Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: London [II] [Pre-Columbian art at Gimpel Fils]
08/1958 | 665 | 100
Pages: 295-296
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Burland, Cottie A. (Burland, Cottie A.; Burland, C. A.)
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Article
The Musée de L'Homme
03/1946 | 516 | 88
Pages: 66+68-71
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Cunard, Nancy (Cunard, Nancy)
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A-A Skull of Crystal Rock from Mexico. The Musee de L'Homme
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B-Polychromed Mask from New Guinea. The Musee de L'Homme
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C-Bavili Statue for Exorcising from Congo. The Musee de L'Homme
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D-God of War. Iron Statue from Dahomey. The Musee de L'Homme
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E-Stone Statuette (Kissi) from French Guinea. The Musee de L'Homme
Supplement
Review of Some Notable Works of Art Now on the Market: Supplement
12/1932 | 357 | 61
Pages: ii
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Plate I. Portrait of a Lady, by Goya. Canvas, 3 Feet 6 Inches by 2 Feet 6 Inches. The Property of Bachstitz Gallery, Surinamestraat 11, the Hague, Holland.
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Plate II. An Interior, by Pieter de Hoogh. Panel, 23½ Inches by 18½ Inches. The Property of Mr. W. E. Duits, 6 Duke Street, London, S. W.1.
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Plate III. The Violin Player, by Frans Hals. Panel, 31 Inches by 26 Inches. The Property of Mr. John Levy, 1 East 57th Street, New York.
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Plate IV. Scenes from the "Pastor Fido." French Tapestry, by Frans van der Planken. Paris 1620. 16 Feet 8 Inches by 22 Feet 6 Inches. The Property of Kunsthaus Malmedé, Unter Sachsenhausen 33, Cologne, Germany.
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Plate VI. Mirror, by Thos. Chippendale, one of a pair. 6 feet 8 inches by 3 feet 3 inches. The property of Messrs. Mallett & Son, 40 New Bond Street, London, W.1.
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Plate VIII. Candlestick, Silver-Gilt, by Wenzel Jamnitzer, One of a Pair. Nuremberg, circa 1540. Height, 6¼ Inches. The Property of Mr. S. J. Phillips, 113 New Bond Street, London, W.1.
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Plate V. Kneeling Man. Mexico (Aztec). Stone. Height, 14½ Inches. The Property of Mr. Sydney Burney, 13 St. James's Place, London, S. W.1.
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Plate IX. Gilt Gesso Side-table, one of a pair, marble topped. William and Mary, circa 1700. Height, 2 feet 8 inches, length 3 feet, depth 1 foot 7½ inches. The property of Mr. Lionel Harris, Jnr., 1b, King Street, London, S. W.1.
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Plate VII. Cup, Silver-Gilt. Mary Tudor, 1558. Height, 14½ Inches. The Property of Mr. S. J. Phillips, 113 New Bond Street, London.
Article
American Archæology
11/1918 | 188 | 33
Pages: 154-157
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Fry, Roger E. (Fry, Roger E.; Fry, Roger (R. F.; R. E. F.); F., R. E.; Fry, R. E.; F., R.; F.)
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Maya Sculpture (Portion) from Piedras Negras
Article
Ancient American Mosaic
06/1914 | 135 | 25
Pages: 134-137
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Joyce, Thomas Athol (Joyce, Thomas Athol; Joyce, T. A.; J., T. A.; Joyce, Thomas Athol, 1878-1942)
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British Museum. Ornament on One Valve of a Bivalve Shell, from Nasca. Mexican Ornament. Ancient American Mosaic
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Figure 1. A bone formula inlaid with turquoise. Peruvian art.
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Figure 2 . Ear ornaments from the Hopi pueblo of Orabi in Arizona
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Figure 3. Ear ornament from Pacasmayo Valley.
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Figure 4. A mosaic work form Peru. The design represents the head of a chief.