Sale 2232
New York
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11 December 2009
Price realised
USD 47,500
Estimate
A ROMAN MARBLE ARCHAISTIC TORSO CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D. Standing with her weight on her left leg, the right slightly advanced, wearing a chiton below a himation with the overfold fastened on the right shoulder and falling diagonally over her chest; the head, shoulders and legs below the knees all later restorations 37 in. (93.9 cm.) high as restored
Provenance
Wright Ludington, Santa Barbara. Avery Brundage, acquired from Ludington in the 1960s. Wolfe Collection.
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For a related Archaistic kore see the example in Madrid, fig. 84 in Fullerton, The Archaistic Style in Roman Statuary.
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