Female grave figure of the Angular or Dokathismata group, 2500 BCE-2000 BCE by Cyclades (2500 BC - 2000 BC) ::

Other Titles

Standing female figure
Greek Cycladic female figure

Date

2500 BCE-2000 BCE

Media category

Sculpture

Materials used

yellow marble with glints of mica perhaps filed with emery

Dimensions

90.3 cm height

Signature & date

Not signed. Not dated.

Credit

Purchased with funds provided by the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales 1971

Location

Not on display

Accession number

9.1971

Artist information

Cyclades (2500 BC - 2000 BC)

Works in the collection

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Three thousand years of classical art, David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, Sydney, Sep 1970–Sep 1970

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales picturebook, Sydney, 1972, 2 (colour illus.).
Richard Beresford', Look: 1953-2003 celebrating 50 years, 'Transformation: Society's gifts of enriching art from Europe help collection turnaround', pg.45-7, Sydney, May 2003, 45 (colour illus.).
Renée Free, Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, 'European', pg. 36-56, Sydney, 1988, 36 (illus.).
Alan Renfrew, The development and chronology of the early Cycladic figurines, (illus.).
Juergen Thimme, Archaeologischer Anzeiger, 1969.
Juergen Thimme, Antike Kunst, 1965.
Juergen Thimme, Exhibition Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe. cat.no. 216
Juergen Thimme, Jahrbuch der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen in Baden-Württemberg, 1975.
Juergen Thimme, Kunst der Kykladen.
Editor Unknown (Editor), Bulletin, Sydney, 26 Sep 1970, (illus.).