About the Artwork
Female Idol
between 2600 and 2000 BC
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Greek
Unknown
Marble
23 1/4 × 5 1/4 × 2 1/2 inches (59.1 × 13.3 × 6.4 cm)
Sculpture
Greco-Roman and Ancient European
Founders Society Purchase with funds from the bequest of Dr. Lester W. Cameron
65.79
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Markings
Vertical line inscribed on verso
Provenance
(Andre Emmerich Gallery)
1965-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, EARLY ART IN GREECE, May 7 - June 11, 1965, p 11, no 14 (ill).
"FAMILY ART GAME", DIA Advertising Supplement, DETROIT FREE PRESS, June 4, 1978, p 24 (ill).
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Greek, Female Idol, between 2600 and 2000 BC, marble. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from the bequest of Dr. Lester W. Cameron, 65.79.
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