ATTRIBUTED TO THE GOULANDRIS SCULPTOR, LATE SPEDOS VARIETY, EARLY CYCLADIC II, CIRCA 2500-2400 B.C.

This beautiful torso displays many of the characteristics of figures sculpted by the Gouldandris Sculptor, including the gently-sloping shoulders terminating in a point, the thin unarticulated arms crossed right over left with elbows overhanging just slightly beyond the elongated torso. For a similar example, see pl. 34.6 in P. Getz-Preziosi, Sculptors of the Cyclades. For an analysis of the Goulandris Sculptor's oeuvre, see P. Getz-Gentle, Personal Styles in Early Cycladic Sculpture, pp. 84-93, pls. 71-76.