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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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Author:
Finlay, John (Finlay, John)
Subjects
artists:
Giacometti, Alberto
dates:
1930-1939
museums and institutions:
National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Bronzes / Collections, Public / Surrealism / Visual sources / Mexican sculpture / Influence / Pre-Columbian (American) / Mayan / Aztec / Mythology
Illustrations
Attributed works:
38. Hands holding the void: invisible object, by Alberto Giacometti (National Gallery of Art, Washington)
Attributed works:
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)
Attributed works:
40. Head of the artist's father, by Alberto Giacometti (Alberto Giacometti Foundation, Zürich)
Attributed works:
41. Small crouching man, by Alberto Giacometti (Alberto Giacometti Foundation, Zürich)
Attributed works:
44. Head, by Alberto Giacometti (Musée national d'arte moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris)
Attributed works:
45. Copy of Mexican sculpture, the goddess Ciuoacoatl, by Alberto Giacometti (Private collection)
Attributed works:
47. Disagreeable object, by Alberto Giacometti (Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris)
Non-western art unattributed:
42. Standing goddess with temple headdress. Mexico (Museum der Kulturen, Basel)
Non-western art unattributed:
43. The captive King Yax Ahx ('Green Turtle'). 600-900 AD (Late Classic Period). (Toniná Site Museum, Chiapas, Mexico)
Non-western art unattributed:
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
Non-western art unattributed:
48. Face plaque. Teotihuacán, 250-600 AD (Early Classic Period). (Walters Art Museum, Baltimore)
Book Review
Lords of Creation. The Origins of Sacred Maya Kingship
12/2006 | 1245 | 148
Pages: 850-851
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Reviewer:
Hammond, Norman (Hammond, Norman)
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dates:
0250-0259 / 0260-0269 / 0270-0279 / 0280-0289 / 0290-0299 / 0300-0399 / 0400-0499 / 0500-0599 / 0600-0699 / 0700-0799 / 0800-0899 / 2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, United States / Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, United States / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
print:
Mayan
subjects:
Exhibition catalogues / Mayan School / Mayan / Sculpture / Vase paintings / Art objects / Architecture / Royalty / Funerary art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Lords of Creation. The Origins of Sacred Maya Kingship | editor: Fields, Virginia M. , editor: Reents-Budet, Dorie
Exhibition Review
The Maya. Venice
03/1999 | 1152 | 141
Pages: 189-191
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Reviewer:
Laughton, Tim (Laughton, Tim)
Subjects
dates:
1990-1999
museums and institutions:
Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy
places:
Venice / Italy
subjects:
Pre-Columbian (American) / Mexican / Mayan / Art objects / Ceramics / Paintings / Sculpture
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
45. Glyph Cartouche, with Title of a Ruler, Palenque, Chiapas. Mid-Eighth Century. Stucco, 12.3 cm. High (Museo Regional de Antropología 'Carlos Pellicer', Villahermosa; Exh. Palazzo Grassi, Venice).
Non-western art unattributed:
46. Standard Bearer, Chichén Itzá, Yucatan. Ninth Century. Limestone, 94 cm. High (Museo Regional de Yucatán, Merida; Exh. Palazzo Grassi, Venice).
Non-western art unattributed:
47. Head from the Crypt of King Pacal of Palenque, Chiapas, Possibly a Representation of the King in the Guise of the Youthful Maize God. c.683 A. D. Stucco, 43 cm. High (Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City; Exh. Palazzo Grassi, Venice).
Non-western art unattributed:
48. Male Figurine, Jaina Island, Campeche. Eighth Century. Painted Ceramic, 22 cm. High (Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City; Exh. Palazzo Grassi, Venice).
Book Review
A new look at the Maya
11/1986 | 1004 | 128
Pages: 826-827
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Reviewer:
Fraser, Valerie (Fraser, Valerie)
Subjects
places:
Central America
subjects:
Mayan
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art; the Murals of Bonampak; The sculpture of Palenque voll. II and III | author: Miller, Mary Ellen , author: Miller, Mary Ellen , author: Robertson, Merle Greene , author: Robertson, Merle Greene , author: Schele, Linda
Short Notice
Recent Museum Acquisitions: 'Golden Anniversary' Acquisitions by the Cleveland Museum of Art
11/1966 | 764 | 108
Pages: 574+576-577+579
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Subjects
artists:
Donner, Georg Raphael
artists:
Noguchi, Isamu
artists:
Shitao (Daoji), 1642-1707
dates:
1960-1969
museums and institutions:
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, United States
places:
United States / Cleveland
subjects:
Art museums / Acquisitions / Sculpture / Japanese sculpture / Indian sculpture
subjects:
Pre-Columbian (American) / Mayan
Illustrations
Attributed works:
50. Woman with Child, by Isamu Noguchi. Completed 1958. White Marble; Height, 112.2 cm. (Base, 95 cm.) (The Cleveland Museum of Art.)
Attributed works:
52. A Leaf from the Album: Reminiscences of Ch'in-Huai River, by Tao Chi (or Shih-t'ao). Chinese, (Before 1645 - After 1704) Ch'ing Dynasty. 8-Leaf Album, Ink and Colour on Paper, 25.5 by 20.2 cm. (The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund.)
Attributed works:
54. House Altar-Piece. Circle of Georg Raphael Donner, c.1740. Gilded Wood, 165 by 108 cm. (The Cleveland Museum of Art; Purchase, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Bequest.)
Non-western art unattributed:
48. Standing Buddha. North India or Kashmir, Early Eighth Century A. D. Brass; Height, 98.5 cm. (The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund.)
Non-western art unattributed:
51. Seated Figure. Guatemala, Maya, Third-Fifth Centuries. Incised Shell; Height, 16.5 cm. (The Cleveland Museum of Art.)
Western art unattributed:
49. Figure of a Standing Lady. Greek (? from Alexandria) c.300 B. C. or Later. Mainland (Peloponnesus) Marble; Height, 84.9 cm. (The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund.)
Western art unattributed:
53. Jonah Cast up. One of a Group of Eleven Sculptures. Eastern Mediterranean, Late Third Century A. D. Marble, 40.6 by 21.6 by 37.7 cm. (The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund.) [Currently identified as Roman]
Book Review
The Art and Architecture of Ancient America: The Mexican 'Maya' and Andean Peoples
05/1963 | 722 | 105
Pages: 219-220
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Reviewer:
Burland, Cottie A. (Burland, Cottie A.; Burland, C. A.)
Subjects
places:
Mexico
subjects:
Pre-Columbian (American) / Amerindians (South America) / Mayan / Mexican
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Art and Architecture of Ancient America: The Mexican 'Maya' and Andean Peoples | author: Kubler, George
Book Review
Frederick Catherwood, Architect
11/1951 | 584 | 93
Pages: 364
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Reviewer:
Ford, Brinsley (Ford, Brinsley; Ford, Richard Brinsley)
Subjects
artists:
Catherwood, Frederick
dates:
1800-1849
places:
England
subjects:
British architecture / Travel / Mayan
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Frederick Catherwood, Architect | author: Hagen, Victor Wolfgang von
Book Review
Summa Artis, Historia general del arte. Arte precolombiano, mexicano y maya, Vol. X
03/1948 | 540 | 90
Pages: 86
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Reviewer:
Kubler, George (Kubler, George)
Subjects
places:
Mexico
subjects:
Art history / Manuals / Mexican / Mayan
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Summa Artis, Historia general del arte. Arte precolombiano, mexicano y maya, Vol. X | author: Pijoán, José
Letter
Elephants or Macaws?
02/1927 | 287 | 50
Pages: 112
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Author:
Yetts, W. Perceval (Yetts, W. Perceval; Yetts, Walter Perceval; Yetts, W. Percival; Y., W. P.; Yetts, Perceval; Y., P.; Yetts, W. P.)
Subjects
subjects:
Mayan / Iconography / Elephants
Article
Elephants and Maya Art
12/1924 | 261 | 45
Pages: 262-265+268-269
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Author:
Yetts, W. Perceval (Yetts, W. Perceval; Yetts, Walter Perceval; Yetts, W. Percival; Y., W. P.; Yetts, Perceval; Y., P.; Yetts, W. P.)
Subjects
places:
Central America / Honduras
subjects:
Mayan / Influence / Indian
subjects:
Iconography / Elephants / Native American (North American)
subjects:
Anthropology / Visual sources
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. A and D-Stela B at Copan, from Dr. Maudslay's Photographs. B-Wood-Cut from Elephants and Ethnologists. C-Diagram of Upper Design on Front of Stela B, after Dr. Maudslay. Elephants and Maya Art
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. E and F-Wood-Cuts of Numeral Glyphs on Stela D at Copan, from Elephants and Ethnologists. G-Stela N at Copan, from Dr. Maudslay's Photograph. H-Diagram of Design at Back of Stela B after Dr. Maudslay. Elephants and Maya Art
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