Auction on
29 June 2021 - 16:00 (CEST) -
Salle 1-7 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
This rare, mysterious, good-sized Olmec sculpture, one of the world’s oldest depictions of acrobats, will be in part five of the sale of a prestigious collection of pre-Columbian art.
Mexico, Olmec culture, Middle pre-Classical period, 900-400 BCE. Acrobat made of steatite, brown patina, 23 x 26 cm/9.05 x 10.24 in. Estimate: €200,000/300,000
Mexico, Olmec culture, Middle pre-Classical period, 900-400 BCE. Acrobat made of steatite, brown patina, 23 x 26 cm/9.05 x 10.24 in. Estimate: €200,000/300,000
The face is serene, the pose acrobatic. If the sculpture is viewed frontally, the man, peacefully leaning on his elbows, even seems to be resting. His feet touch his head, a flexibility ordinary people are incapable of. The only sign of physical effort is in the rendering of the ribs, made visible by the extremely taut body. The contortionist is Olmec,…
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