Head of a woman from a grave stele
Date350 - 325 B.C.
Object number60.60
ProvenanceGalerie Segredakis, Paris, Pre-1939; Purchased in Athens before the 1939 war by the uncle of the gallery director (N. Koutoulakis) This history provided in November 6, 1951 letter from N. Koutoulakis to Norman Davis, November 6,1951; Gifted to SAM February 10, 1960 by Norman Davis in memory of his mother, Mrs. Annie Davis
Published ReferencesThe Art Quarterly 23, no. 3 (Autumn, 1960): page 304.
Seattle Art Museum Guild Engagement Book, Nov. 25, 1962.
Bliquez, Lawrence. "Ancient Art of the Mediterranean and the Near East." In Selected Works, pp. 26-28. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1991; p. 27, reproduced (as Head of a Woman from Tomb Monument).
Liberal Education (November/December 1992)
Bergemann, Johannes. Demos und Thanatos, Untersuchungen Zum Wertsystem Der Polis im Spiegel der Attischen Grabreliefs des 4. Jahrunderts v.ch und Funktion der Gleichzeitigen Grabbauten. Munich: Biering und Brinkmann, 1997.
Bergemann, Johannes. "Ein ungewoehnlicher Grabreliefkopf con einem attischen Grabnaiskos in New York und seine Herkunft." Archaeological Anzeiger (1997).
Credit LineGift of Norman Davis in memory of his mother, Mrs. Annie Davis
Dimensions10 x 8 13/16 x 6 in. (25.4 x 22.4 x 15.2 cm)
MediumMarble
350 - 323 B.C.
Object number: 55.204
Egyptian, Alexandria
3rd century B.C.
Object number: 50.42
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