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Double-sided Relief with Theater Masks
Double-sided Relief with Theater Masks

Double-sided Relief with Theater Masks

Datefirst century
MediumMarble
Dimensionsheight, width, and depth: 12 × 20 × 3 1/2 in. (30.5 × 50.8 × 8.8 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina
Object number78.1.3
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceProvenience unknown. [Merrill C. Rueppel, Neeham, MA]; sold to NCMA, 1978.Published ReferencesSupplement a la "Gazette des Beaux-Arts" (April 1979), no. 158, illus. 32.

Southern Living 27 (December 1992), 30, illus.


Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions,” December 14, 1978-January 28, 1979.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–May 12, 2025.
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