Torso of a Statue of Aphrodite (“Venus Medici” type)
Artist
Unknown
Date50 BCE–150 CE
MediumWhite Parian marble
Dimensions35 1/2 x 13 3/4 x 9 in. (90.2 x 34.9 x 22.9 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest) in memory of Katherine Pendleton Arrington
Object numberG.69.34.1
On View
On viewPublished References"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 11, nos. 1 and 2 (December 1971), listed 66, illus. (b-w) 32.
Cornelius Vermeule, "Aphrodite Unveiled," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 10 no. 1 (September 1970), 3-11, illus. (b-w), 8, 9, cover.
Exhibition Number One from the Permanent Collection (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1970), 2, illus. (b-w) 3.
Robert F. Phifer Collection (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1973), 90, illus. (b-w) 91.
Cornelius C. Vermeule, Greek and Roman Sculpture in America: Masterpieces in Public Collections in the United States and Canada (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1981), no. 140, illus. 173.
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) 55.
North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Spring 1987), illus. (b-w) 30.
Matthew Smith, "Archaic Torso of Aphrodite" in “You Are the River: Literature Inspired by the North Carolina Museum of Art,” edited by Helena Feder (Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2021), illus (color) 74.Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Exhibition Number One from the Permanent Collection," October, 1970, 2, illus. (b-w) 3.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Robert F. Phifer Collection," March 31-May 13, 1973, 90, illus.(b-w) 91.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement
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