Mexico, Chupicuaro, Michoacan, Tlatilco, and related cultures
400 BC–100 AD
Ceramic
Dimensions: Forty figures mounted in original frame
Provenance: Jean Charlot, Honolulu, Hawaii
Jean Charlot (1898–1979) was a French-Mexican muralist and a central figure in the Mexican Renaissance, closely associated with Diego Rivera and the mural movement of the 1920s, and later a professor at the University of Hawaii where he spent the latter decades of his career. His collection of Pre-Columbian ceramics reflects a serious engagement with ancient Mexican art at a period when such material was actively being reassessed by modern artists and scholars as a foundation of Mexican cultural identity. A collection assembled by Charlot carries both art historical provenance and the context of a practicing artist's sustained engagement with the forms.
This group of forty ceramic figures spans several Preclassic Mexican traditions including Chupicuaro, Michoacan, and Tlatilco, mounted together in the original frame as Charlot assembled them. The figures vary in type, scale, and regional style, offering a cross-section of Middle to Late Preclassic ceramic production across western and central Mexico. The frame mounting reflects mid-twentieth century connoisseurship practice and is preserved intact as Charlot left it.
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Mexico, Chupicuaro, Michoacan, Tlatilco, and related cultures
400 BC–100 AD
Ceramic
Dimensions: Forty figures mounted in original frame
Provenance: Jean Charlot, Honolulu, Hawaii
Jean Charlot (1898–1979) was a French-Mexican muralist and a central figure in the Mexican Renaissance, closely associated with Diego Rivera and the mural movement of the 1920s, and later a professor at the University of Hawaii where he spent the latter decades of his career. His collection of Pre-Columbian ceramics reflects a serious engagement with ancient Mexican art at a period when such material was actively being reassessed by modern artists and scholars as a foundation of Mexican cultural identity. A collection assembled by Charlot carries both art historical provenance and the context of a practicing artist's sustained engagement with the forms.
This group of forty ceramic figures spans several Preclassic Mexican traditions including Chupicuaro, Michoacan, and Tlatilco, mounted together in the original frame as Charlot assembled them. The figures vary in type, scale, and regional style, offering a cross-section of Middle to Late Preclassic ceramic production across western and central Mexico. The frame mounting reflects mid-twentieth century connoisseurship practice and is preserved intact as Charlot left it.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
