Neolithic Figure
Neolithic Figure
Eastern Mediterranean
Neolithic, 10000 - 4500 B.C.
Stone
H: 35.6 cm
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A striking anthropomorphic figure, carved in the form of a stylised figure from a thick slab of volcanic stone. The round face with simple features, square shoulders, the arms hanging down and the legs slightly parted.
Exotic Art from Ancient and Primitive Civilizations, Collection of Jay C. Leff Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 15th October 1959 – 3rd January 1960.
Exotic Art from Ancient and Primitive Civilizations, Collection of Jay C. Leff Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1959-1960, No. 50.
Fine Antiquities and Islamic Works of Art, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 20 November 1975, Lot 668.
Previously in the Private Collection of Jay C. Leff (1925-2000), Uniontown, Pennsylvania, from at least 1959.
Sold at: Fine Antiquities and Islamic Works of Art, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 20 November 1975, Lot 668.
Private Collection of Robert J Myers, New York.
London art market.
Private Collection, acquired from the above 28th October 2013.
ALR: S00079482.
Jay Calvin Leff (1925-2000), former president of the Fayette Bank and Trust Company of Uniontown, Pa, was an omnivorous collector from the 1950s to the 70s of African, Oceanic, Pre-Columbian Arts as well as Antiquities. In an exhibition entitled “Ancient Art of Latin America,” nearly 500 objects from his collection of primitive arts were exhibited at The Brooklyn Museum occupying almost two galleries from 22nd November 1966 – 5th March 1967. Artworks from his collection were also famously exhibited at the Carnegie Institute (Pittsburgh), the American Federation of Arts (New York), the American Museum of Natural History (New York)
He amassed a collection of about 2,000 artworks many of which are now in the permanent collections of American institutions.
