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A Cycladic Marble Reclining Female Figure
Height 10 1/2 inches.
Estimate: $5,000-$7,000
Sold
$35,000
Live Auction
Antiquities & Ancient Art
Size
Height 10 1/2 inches.
Description
A Cycladic Marble Reclining Female Figure
Circa 3rd Millennium B.C. or Later
Height 10 1/2 inches.
Condition
Intact as preserved. Repair at the shins with visible overpaint. No breaks to the neck or torso. Insignificant gouge near the pudenda. Circular stain on the chest. Chip at proper right shoulder. Surface is coarse from weathering. Fine, stable and attractive condition overall.
Provenance
Provenance:
Alphonse Kann Collection, France, prior to 1948.
Frederick Stafford Collection, acquired by 1954.
Exhibited:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Fogg Museum of Harvard University, Ancient Art in American Private Collections, 1954-55.
New Orleans, Louisiana, The Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, The Odyssey of an Art Collector: Unity in Diversity/Five Thousand Years of Art, 11 November 1966 - 8 January 1967.
Atlanta, Georgia, on loan to Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1986.
Published:
Ancient Art in American Private Collections, The Fogg Museum of Harvard University 1954-55, p. 43, no. 127A, pl. XCIX.
J.B. Byrnes, The Odyssey of an Art Collector: Unity in Diversity/Five Thousand Years of Art, New Orleans, 1966.
P. Getz-Preziosi et al., Early Cycladic Art in North American Collections. Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1987.
P. Getz-Gentle, Personal Styles in Early Cycladic Sculpture, Madison Wisconsin, 2001, p. 104-108, pl. 95 ( listed as "a suspect work").
P. Getz-Gentle, Personal Styles in Early Cycladic Sculpture, Madison Wisconsin, 2001, p. 104-108, pl. 95 ( listed as "a suspect work").