Torso of a Female Figure (Primary Title)
attributed to, Goulandris Master, Greek, active 2500-2400 BC (Artist)
The work of the Goulandris Master (named for a museum in Athens, Greece) features long, lyre-shaped heads; sloping shoulders; rounded backs; small, widely spaced breasts; and a line across the abdomen to form the top of the pubic triangle.
Early Cycladic II period
Gift of W. B. Causey
“Silent Witnesses: Early Cycladic Art of the Third Milennium B.C.,” Onassis Cultural Center (New York, NY): 9 April-15 June 2002.
“Early Cycladic Art in North American Collections,” Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Richmond, VA): 10 November 1987-10 January 1988; The Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, TX): 5 March-15 May 1988; Legion of Honor, part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (San Fransisco, CA): 25 June-25 September 1988.
“The Art of the Cyclades.” Safani Gallery (New York, NY): 7 May-18 June 1983.
“Art and Culture of the Cyclades in the Third Millennium B.C.,” Badisches Landesmuseum (Karlsruhe, Germany): 25 July-October 10 1976 (torso only).
“Early Cycladic Art in North American Collections,” Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Richmond, VA): 10 November 1987-10 January 1988; The Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, TX): 5 March-15 May 1988; Legion of Honor, part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (San Fransisco, CA): 25 June-25 September 1988.
“The Art of the Cyclades.” Safani Gallery (New York, NY): 7 May-18 June 1983.
“Art and Culture of the Cyclades in the Third Millennium B.C.,” Badisches Landesmuseum (Karlsruhe, Germany): 25 July-October 10 1976 (torso only).
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