H x W x D: 36.5 x 11 x 13 cm (14 3/8 x 4 5/16 x 5 1/8 in)
Type:
Sculpture
Origin:
Yemen
Date:
probably modern forgery
Description:
Human figure with arms in squared pattern resting on the front of the figure. Figure has a large head that seems to have been carved backwards. There is an unusual recessed series of carved rectangles on the figure's neck.
Provenance:
To 1959
D’Arcy Galleries, New York. [1]
From 1959 to 1966
Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1899-1981), purchased from D’Arcy Galleries, New York. [2]
From 1966 to 1986
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn. [3]
From 1986
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, transferred from Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC [4]
Notes:
[1] See document from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, object file, Collections Management Office.
[2] See note 1.
[3] See note 1.
[4] See note 1. See also object file, Collections Management Office.
