Lot 40
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A MARBLE TORSO OF A YOUTH, ROMAN IMPERIAL, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • A MARBLE TORSO OF A YOUTH, ROMAN IMPERIAL
  • Height 19 1/4 in. 49 cm.
after a Greek original of the 5th Century B.C., standing with his weight on the right leg, remains of a support on his right and left thighs.

Provenance

acquired by Joseph Brummer in Italy in 1914
Joseph Brummer Gallery, New York, 1926 (gift of Mrs. Seymour H. Knox, Sr.)

Literature

A.G. Dunbar, "New Acquisitions for the Albright Art Gallery," Buffalo Artist's Register, I, 1926, pp. 55-61, illus.
Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Academy Notes, September 1931, p. 30, illus.
Andrew C. Ritchie, Albright Art Gallery. Catalogue of the Paintings and Sculptures in the Permanent Collection, 1949, vol I, pp. 150-151, illus, and 200, no. 73
Steven A. Nash, ed., Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Painting and Sculpture from Antiquity to 1942, New York, 1979, p. 75, illus.