Sale 19CN02 | Lot 219

Marble Head of Hermes

Catalogue: English & Continental Furniture / Old Masters

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Lot 219
Marble Head of Hermes
Late Hellenistic or early Roman Imprerial, circa 1st Century B.C./1st Century A.D., after a Greek work of the 5th Century B.C.
Perhaps from the Hermes Propylaius of Alkemenes, with long thick beard and moustache, incised irises, drilled pupils (now filled in), and furrowed brow, his hair arranged in three rows of spiral curls over the forhead. Height 13 inches (33 cm).

Provenance:
Leon Medina, New York.
Sold, Sotheby's, New York, The Andy Warhol Collection, April 29-30, 1988, lot 3244.
Together with the Sotheby's boxed Warhol sale catalogues.


C Property of a Palm Beach Collector

Estimate: $6,000 - $9,000

Sold for $11,875 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $6,000 - $9,000

Sold for $11,875 (includes buyer's premium)

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English & Continental Furniture / Old Masters

Wed, May 22, 2019 at 10am EDT

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