That eyes-right corker I’d adored since childhood, leering at the Chinese tomb guardians staring through the sun / In the next gallery back at him: the label notes / He has been “widely exhibited here and abroad” yet now / They know: not some recarving merely of the face / Or prosthetic limb to double for one broken off / One high noon of bloodlust revelry in elder Mexico / But the entire sculpture, made for market, skull to toe: An old con man craning his head over his shoulder. Can it be? The Minneapolis Chacmool, unveiled, is fake. ![]() Shortly after his unmasking, a respected poet who had grown up in Minneapolis wrote about the incident in his poem called Father and the Minneapolis Chacmool. For that matter, so does Chac Mool-as a cautionary tale, a bemusing story, his medium literally listed as “Fakes and Forgeries.” Her earrings, by all accounts, are also real and remain in Mia’s collection. She was a board member of the Friends of the Institute and the Junior League, which sponsored the children’s cruise. She was in fact briefly a stewardess for Northwest Airlines during World War II, and her affection for exotic places was genuine. She lived in Honolulu and, after 1964, in La Quinta, California, near Palm Springs. She married three times-Overstreet was the middle man-and died, just last year, as Kitty Laird. The chacmool is a distinctive form of Mesoamerican sculpture representing a reclining figure with its head facing 90 degrees from the front, leaning on its elbows and supporting a bowl or a disk upon its chest. Born Katherine Mordaunt in 1919, she went by Kitty. Overstreet was real enough, though her identity changed several times as well. Overstreet…a real airline hostess,” as the caption described her-was promoting the museum’s upcoming “cruise” for Minneapolis schoolchildren, in which she would pose as their airline stewardess-guide. When this photo was taken by a Minneapolis Tribune photographer in December 1949, and run in the newspaper on January 8, 1950, Chac Mool was still very much in good standing-or reclining. “When I first saw this sculpture in storage many years ago, it seemed almost laughably bad,” she said at the time, “and now it’s hard to believe so many were taken in by it for so long.” Molly Huber, the assistant curator of the renamed Department of African, Oceanic, and Native American Art, included the sculpture in a 2010 exhibition called “In Pursuit of a Masterpiece,” as an instructive counter-example. No one else on staff, over several decades, had reason to be suspicious. The spoiler was the museum’s first curator of what was then called the primitive art department. ![]() Only in the 1970s was his true nature revealed: He was a fake, and not even a good one. In case you wish to return a Product, you must contact receive advice as well as to obtain your approval number (RMA) for shipping, same that must be included in the return.įor TANE My Way collection bracelets: No exchanges, returns or cancellations without any exceptions. Every sale made under the TANE por Ti campaign is final and no exchanges or refunds are possible.Chac Mool now reclines in museum storage. If you need to return a product, you should contact us for advice on how to make the exchange as specified in the “Contact us” section. ![]() Replacement of any warranty part will be subject to shipping charges and applicable taxes. For any repair, exchange or return it will be essential to present the warranty certificate. No exchanges for custom, engraved and/or discontinued pieces are permitted. We accept returns with refund through the payment method used by the client, within 60 days from the delivery date, only if the product is in perfect saleable condition, without damage, with all labels intact, in its original packaging and upon presentation of the original invoice / sales receipt and warranty booklet. Please consider extra the shipping lead time for the total delivery time. *During peak season, the 3 to 5 days period can be extended to 10 business days (that is excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays).ĭelivery may take longer if you have requested engraving.įor TANE My Way collection bracelets: Standard shipping is extended to 7 calendar days from the order confirmation.įor Pre-Order items: the lead time defined and displayed on the product page is the maximum time we'll take for producing your jewel. Orders are delivered within 3 to 5 business days (that is excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays). Marie-Thrse Tsalapatanis - Chac mool - With the help of KAZoART and our art world experts, you can find original and affordable artwork online and. Enjoy FREE standard shipping in your orders above $300.
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