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Portrait-head of a woman from a statue or bust
Portrait-head of a woman from a statue or bust

Portrait-head of a woman from a statue or bust

Artist Unknown
Date14–68
MediumBronze (copper alloy), sheet-silver
Dimensions12 1/2 x 8 x 8 3/4 in. (31.8 x 20.3 x 22.2 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest), the State of North Carolina, and various donors, by exchange
Object number95.6
On View
On view
ProvenanceAmanda Lisse, Herne, Germany (per Haber, see file); with Robert Haber & Associates, New York, by 1994; sold to NCMA, 1995.
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