Harvard Art Museums > 2001.178: Cycladic Head Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Cycladic Head , 2001.178,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/165241. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2001.178 Title Cycladic Head Classification Sculpture Work Type head, sculpture Date 2600-2500 BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Cyclades Period Cycladic period, Early Culture Cycladic Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/165241 Physical Descriptions Medium Marble, hematite Technique Carved Dimensions 11.4 x 6 x 5.1 cm (4 1/2 x 2 3/8 x 2 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History This Cycladic head was in the private collection of the donor's mother Alice M. Kaplan who began collecting in 1955. She purchased the head from George Ortiz of Paris who had it in his collection by 1960. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest from the Estate of Alice M. Kaplan Accession Year 2001 Object Number 2001.178 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description This small marble ovoid head and neck have a backward tilt. The sole facial feature is an elongated, triangular nose in relief. Traces of red pigment in the form of closely spaced red dots appear as ornamentation on the forehead and cheeks, and faint traces of pigment are visible also above the nose and in the incised line separating the head from the neck. The head is set on wooden base. Publication History Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums Annual Report 2001-2002 (Cambridge, MA, 2003), p. 17-18. Exhibition History Meisterwerke Griechischer Kunst, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, 06/18/1960 - 09/25/1960 The Board of Governors Collects, Jewish Museum, New York, 03/27/1965 - 04/27/1965 Gods in Color: Painted Sculpture of Classical Antiquity, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/22/2007 - 01/20/2008 The Art of Looking: 150 Years of Art History at Harvard, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/25/2025 - 05/11/2025 Subjects and Contexts Collection Highlights Google Art Project Related Works 1998.243 Head of a Female Figure of the Spedos Variety Sculpture 1998.245 Torso of a Female Statuette Sculpture 1998.242 Head of a Female Figure of the Spedos Variety Sculpture 1998.246 Torso of a Female Statuette Sculpture 1960.452 Head Sculpture 1960.447 Cycladic Figurine of a Woman Sculpture 1995.1134 Female Figure of the Spedos Variety Sculpture 1998.244 Torso of a Female Statuette Sculpture 1995.1135 Female Figure, Chalandriani Type Sculpture Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
