LOT DETAILS

Materials:

marble

Measurements:

9.02 in. (22.90 cm.) (height)

Description:

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Exhibited:

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, on loan by the Guennol Collection, 1966-1993 (L66.11). New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art of the First Cities in the Third Millennium B.C., 8 May-17 August 2003. New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999-2007 (LO106).

Literature:

E. Rohde, “Die frühbronzezeitlichen Kykladenfiguren der Berliner Antiken-Sammlung,” Forschungen und Berichte, 16, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 1975, p. 154, no. 8. P.O. Harper, The Guennol Collection, Vol. II, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1982, pp. 3-5. P. Getz-Preziosi, Early Cycladic Sculpture, an Introduction, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1985, p. 88, fig. 82. D. von Bothmer, ed., Glories of the Past: Ancient Art from the Shelby White and Leon Levy Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, p. 9.

Provenance:

Alastair Bradley and Edith Martin, New York, acquired 1966 or prior; thence by descent. with the Merrin Gallery, New York, acquired from the above, 1993. Acquired by the current owner from the above, 16 August 1993.