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accession number: 1953.125
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Torso of a Kouros, c. 550 BC. Greece, Archaic period, 6th century BC. Marble; overall: 62.5 cm (24 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund 1953.125
title: Torso of a Kouros
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creation date: c. 550 BC
creation date earliest: -555
creation date latest: -545
current location: 102C Greek
creditline: Gift of the Hanna Fund
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culture: Greece, Archaic period, 6th century BC
technique: marble
department: Greek and Roman Art
collection: GR - Greek
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 62.5 cm (24 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
opening date: 1958-03-04T05:00:00
In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958).
title: Juxtapositions
opening date: 1965-09-11T04:00:00
Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art (September 11-October 10, 1965).
title: Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture
opening date: 1975-09-24T04:00:00
Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).
title: Das Meschenbuild in der europäischen Kunst (Images of Man in Western Art)
opening date: 1980-07-05T04:00:00
Das Meschenbuild in der europäischen Kunst (Images of Man in Western Art). Antikenmuseum, Charlottenburg, Germany (July 5-September 28, 1980).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
(Mrs. Paul Mallon, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1953
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1953-
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fun fact:
In antiquity, brightly colored paint would probably have rendered this kouros more lifelike.
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Known as a kouros, the ancient Greek word for a youth, this fragmentary statue belongs to a relatively rare type of large-scale stone sculpture made for little more than a century—shortly before 600 BC to soon after 500 BC. A nude youth standing with arms to the sides and one foot slightly advanced, the type probably originated under Egyptian influence, but then developed along entirely Greek lines. Found in sanctuaries as well as cemeteries across the ancient Greek world, kouroi may represent gods—especially Apollo—as well as mortals. Although incomplete, this kouros retains much of its beautifully finished and patterned surface.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
"Greek Youth in Cleveland," Archaeology, vol. 7.no. 4 (1954).
page number: Reproduced and mentioned p. 252
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/41663252
Lee, Sherman E. “The Cleveland Kouros.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 41, no. 3 (1954): 43–51.
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url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25141946
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 11
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n18
Cahn, H.A. "DER KUROS VON CLEVELAND." Antike Kunst 1, no. 2 (1958): 75-76.
page number: Reproduced and mentioned: pp. 75-76, pl. 32-33.
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/41318490
Richter, Gisela M. A. Kouroi, Archaic Greek Youths; A Study of the Development of the Kouros Type in Greek Sculpture. London: Phaidon Press, 1960.
page number: Mentioned, p. 112 (Melos Group).
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Schefold, Karl. Meisterwerke griechischer Kunst. Basel. Kunsthalle. Catalogues. 1960-1961. Basel: B. Schwabe, 1960.
page number: Pp. 170, 173, cat. VIII 163
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Carter, Martha L. Classical Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1961.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 2; Plate 2
url: https://archive.org/details/ClassicalArt/page/n5
Hoffmann, H. (1961). [Review of Kouroi. Archaic Greek Youths, a Study of the Development of the Kouros Type in Greek Sculpture, by Gisela M. A. Richter]. American Journal of Archaeology, 65(3), 319–321 (Cleveland kouros mentioned).
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url: https://doi.org/10.2307/501702
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 20
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n44
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 20
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n42
Kenfield, John F. "The Question of the Cleveland Kouros." American Journal of Archaeology 78, no. 1 (1974): 70-71.
page number: Reproduced and mentioned: pp. 70-71, pl. 21.
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/503762
Ridgway, Brunilde Sismondo. The Archaic Style in Greek Sculpture. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1977.
page number: pp. 36, 81; pl. 3-4.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 22
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n42
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
page number: Reproduced: p. 9
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n24
May, Sally Ruth. Knockouts: a pocket guide. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
page number: Reproduced: no. 9, p. 14 - 15
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Spivey, Nigel Jonathan. Greek Sculpture. 2013.
page number: Ill. p. 134, Fig. 5.7.
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Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 79
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