Figure of a Man
Artist
Unknown
Datecirca 2494–2345 BCE
MediumWood with traces of gesso and paint
DimensionsH. 52 1/4 in. (132.7 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes
Object numberG.79.6.3
On View
On viewAlternatively, the statue may have been given to the worthy official by the king for services rendered (a common practice). It was both a sign of prestige and a privilege for any of the king’s officials to own burial goods made in royal workshops.
[C. Rocheleau, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," 2022]ProvenancePrivate collection, Switzerland, prior to 1979 (per dealer); Edward H. Merrin Gallery, New York, NY; sold to NCMA, 1979.
Published ReferencesMünzen und Medaillen A.G., Werke Ägyptischer Kunst von der Frühzeit bis zur Spätantike Ägyptische Münzen (Auktion 46), April 28, 1972, Basel, p.18-9 catalogue 26, plate 25.
Gazette des Beaux-Arts (Supplement) (March 1980), 26, illus.
Edgar Peters Bowron, ed., Introduction to the Collections (Chapel Hill: published for the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, by The University of North Carolina Press, 1983, illus. (b-w) 35.
Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (b-w) 3.
Mary Ellen Soles, entry for Figure of a Man, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, Rebecca Martin Nagy, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1998), 11, 14, illus. (color) 14.
Richard R. Brettell, with Natalie H. Lee, Monet to Moore: The Millennium Gift of Sara Lee Corporation (exhibition catalogue) (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1999), 57, illus. (b-w).
Caroline M. Rocheleau, entry for Figure of a Man, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 24, illus. (color) 25.
Caroline M. Rocheleau, Ancient Egyptian Art [Systematic Catalogue of the Collection] (Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2012), cat. no. 6, illus. (color) 13.
North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection," (Raleigh, NC; North Carolina Museum of Art, 2024), illus. (color) 155.Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions,” November 8, 1979-February 3, 1980.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement
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