Wine Cup (Kylix) with Gorgon Head (interior) and a Warrior, Athena, and Hermes (exterior)

Wine Cup (Kylix) with Gorgon Head (interior) and a Warrior, Athena, and Hermes (exterior)

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Artist
Unknown (Greek, Attic)
Title
Wine Cup (Kylix) with Gorgon Head (interior) and a Warrior, Athena, and Hermes (exterior)
Date
ca. 520 B.C.E.
Medium
Earthenware with black-figure decoration
Dimensions
4 3/8 H x 14 diam. in. overall
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Frank
Accession No.
1985.97
Classification
Ceramics
Geography
Greece

Related

Unknown date, unknown private collection (Switzlerand) [not confirmed]; 17 December 1977, sold by Summa Galleries, Inc. (Beverly Hills, CA) to Arthur J. and Edith Fairchild Frank (Hartland, WI); 1977, deposited on long-term loan by Arthur J. and Edith Fairchild Frank (Hartland, WI) at the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]; 1985, gifted by Arthur J. and Edith Fairchild Frank (Hartland, WI) to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]. [Last researched by Chazen staff 26 January 2022]

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  • Moon, Warren G, and Louise Berge. "Greek Vase-painting In Midwestern Collections." Chicago: The Art Institute, 1979. pp. 102-103, no. 59
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin/Annual Report 1985-1986." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1986. p. 51
  • Mangold, Meret. "Kassandra in Athen." Berlin: Reimer, 2000. no. 43
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