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Portrait Bust of a Woman

Ancient Roman · Mid–2nd century

Provenance

Ownership history

Hans von Aulock (1906-1980), purchased in Istanbul, 1950s; sold to Horst-Ulbo Bauer, Kleinkunst der Antike, Cologne, by 1968 [see letter dated December 17, 2001 in curatorial file]; consigned to Mr. L. Rosenberg of Galerie Ars Antiqua, Lusanne, after 1968 [see letter dated December 17, 2001 in curatorial file]; sold to André Vogt, Switzerland, after 1968 [see letter dated December 17, 2001 in curatorial file]; sold to Swiss private investor, 1971; sold to Phoenix Ancient Art, Geneva and New York, mid 1990s; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2002.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

Art Institute of Chicago, Ancient Art Galleries, Gallery 156, 2002-February 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

“Handsome Acquisitions,” Antiquarian Society Newsletter (2002), p. 5 (ill.).
Ghenete Zelleke, “An Embarrassment of Riches: Fifteen Years of European Decorative Arts,” in “Gifts Beyond Measure: The Antiquarian Society and European Decorative Arts, 1987–2002,” special issue, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 28, 2 (2002), pp. 87–89, cat. 55 (ill.).
Ghenete Zelleke, “David Adler, Benefactor and Trustee,” in David Adler, Architect: The Elements of Style, ed. Martha Thorne (Yale University Press, 2002), pp. 54–55 (ill.), 66.
Karen Manchester, “Bust of a Woman,” in “Notable Acquisitions at the Art Institute of Chicago,” special issue, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 29, 2 (2003), pp. 54–55 (ill.), 95.
Art Institute of Chicago, “New Acquisition,” News and Events: The Art Institute of Chicago (Jan.–Feb. 2003), p. 5 (ill.).
Karen Manchester, Recasting the Past: Collecting and Presenting Antiquities at the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 2012), pp. 11; 33; 39, n. 134; 96–97, cat. 22 (ill.); 113.
Art Institute of Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago: Pocketguide (Art Institute of Chicago, 2013), p. 19, fig. 36.
Art Institute of Chicago, “Acquisitions,” Art Institute of Chicago Annual Report 2001–2002 (Art Institute of Chicago, 2002), p. 11.
Karen Manchester, “Cat. 8 Portrait Bust of a Woman: Curatorial Entry,” in Roman Art at the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016).
Rachel C. Sabino, with contributions by Lorenzo Lazzarini, “Cat. 8 Portrait Bust of a Woman: Technical Report,” in Roman Art at the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016).
Sarah Elizabeth Beckmann, 2016, "Statuary Collections In The Late Roman Villas Of Hispania And Southwestern Gaul," PhD dissertation (University of Pennsylvania), p. 229, note 541.
Ashley Arico and Elizabeth Benge,“<a href="https://www.artic.edu/articles/740/a-new-look-at-faces-from-the-past"><em>A New Look at Faces from the Past,</em></a>” Art Institute of Chicago ARTicle, March 14, 2019.

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