Foot of a Cista (Storage Box) by Ancient Etruscan
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Foot of a Cista (Storage Box)

Ancient Etruscan · early 5th century BCE

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Private collection, Europe, c. 1950s [according to phone conversation with Merrin Gallery on Aug. 25, 1999; notes in curatorial object file]; sold to an unidentified dealer, Europe, c. 1980s [according to phone conversation with Merrin Gallery on July 21, 1999; notes in curatorial object file]; Merrin Gallery, New York, by 1994; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1999.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • The Merrin Gallery, New York, Time Stands Still, May 10, 1994 - June 17, 1994.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Ancient Art Galleries, Gallery 156, April 20, 1994 - February 6, 2012.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Of Gods and Glamour: The Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art, Gallery 152, November 11, 2012 - present.

Literature

Published references

  • Art Institute of Chicago, Annual Report: 1999-2000 (Art Institute of Chicago, 2000), p. 10.
  • Karen B. Alexander, "From Plaster to Stone: Ancient Art at the Art Institute of Chicago," in Karen Manchester, Recasting the Past: Collecting and Presenting Antiquities at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012), p. 33.
  • Karen Manchester, Recasting the Past: Collecting and Presenting Antiquities at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago; New York: Yale University Press, 2012), pp. 60-61 (cat. 10), 111.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, The Essential Guide (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2013), p. 67.

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