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Colossal Head at the Base of a Pyramid in Izamal, Mexico
Désiré Charnay (French, 1828–1915)
1860
Medium/Technique
Photolithograph (Poitevin process)
Dimensions
Sheet: 45.7 x 59.7 cm (18 x 23 1/2 in.)
Mount: 45.7 x 59.7 cm (18 x 23 1/2 in.)
Mount: 45.7 x 59.7 cm (18 x 23 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles W. Millard III in honor of Chuck Isaacs and Carol Nigro
Accession Number2015.898
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Photography
ClassificationsPhotographs
ProvenanceBefore 2011, unknown; 2011, sold by Hans P. Kraus Jr. Fine Photographs, New York to Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York, NY; 2011, sold by Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York, NY, to Charles Millard III, who placed the work on loan to the MFA; 2015, gift of Charles Millard III, Chapel Hill, NC to the MFA (Accession Date: March 18, 2015).