A CYCLADIC MARBLE PAIR OF LEGS

ATTRIBUTED TO THE GOULANDRIS SCULPTOR, LATE SPEDOS VARIETY, CIRCA 2500 B.C.

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A CYCLADIC MARBLE PAIR OF LEGS
ATTRIBUTED TO THE GOULANDRIS SCULPTOR, LATE SPEDOS VARIETY, CIRCA 2500 B.C.
With a deep cleft separating legs at front and back, toes and knees delineated
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) long

Provenance

Gabrielle Keiller collection (1908-1995), UK; acquired from B. C. Holland Inc., Chicago, 1981.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
E. Cowling, Surrealism anf After, The Gabrielle Keiller Collection, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 1997, pp. 127-128, no. 170.

Most probably from the Keros hoard.

For a recent analysis of the Goulandris Sculptor's prolific career see P. Getz-Gentle, Personal Styles in Early Cycladic Sculpture, Madison, 2001, pp. 84-93, pl. 71-76.

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