id: 157016
accession number: 1993.165
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Statuette of a Woman: "The Stargazer", c. 3000 BCE. Western Anatolia, early Bronze Age (c. 3300–1200 BCE). Marble; overall: 17.2 x 6.5 x 6.3 cm (6 3/4 x 2 9/16 x 2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund; John L. Severance Fund 1993.165
title: Statuette of a Woman: "The Stargazer"
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creation date: c. 3000 BCE
creation date earliest: -3005
creation date latest: -2995
current location: 102A Ancient Near East
creditline: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund; John L. Severance Fund
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culture: Western Anatolia, early Bronze Age (c. 3300–1200 BCE)
technique: marble
department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection: Near Eastern Art
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 17.2 x 6.5 x 6.3 cm (6 3/4 x 2 9/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY (5/3/1964 - 9/6/1964).', 'opening_date': '1964-05-03T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Permanent Gallery Display, The Museum of Primitive Art (on loan from the Nelson Rockefeller Collection) (1962)', 'opening_date': '1962-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Masterpieces of Cycladic Art, Merrin Gallery, New York, NY (3/8/1990 - 4/12/1990)', 'opening_date': '1990-03-08T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Said to have been found near Kırşehir, Turkey
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Nelson Rockefeller
date: Before 1962
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Melba Davis Whatley Greenlee, Austin, Texas
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(Harmon Fine Arts Collection, Leonard Norman Stern, New York, NY)
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Oh
date: 1993-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Farkas, Ann. Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me: [May 3 to September 6, 1964, the Jewish Museum New York]. New York, NY: Jewish Museum, 1964.
page number: No.118
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Merrin Gallery. Masterpieces of Cycladic Art from Private Collections, Museums and the Merrin Gallery. 1989.
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Kozloff, Arielle. "Recent Acquisition: Stargazer." Cleveland Museum of Art Member Magazine 33-34 (1993-1994).
page number: p. 7
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Cleveland Museum of Art, “Art Museum Acquires Two Exceptional Works,” December 20, 1993, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr3848
Litt, Steven. "Museum Turns Loss into Gain via Insurance." The Cleveland Plain Dealer, January 1, 1994.
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"1993 Annual Report." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 81, no. 6 (1994): 143-218.
page number: Reproduced: p. 152; Mentioned: p. 158
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161457
Kozloff, Arielle, K., "Stargazer", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 35 no. 02, February 1995
page number: Mentioned & produced: p. 7
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM1995-02/page/6
May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
page number: No. 1, p. 6 & 116
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Franklin, David. Director's Choice: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012.
page number: Reproduced: p. 10 - 11
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Cleveland Museum of Art, David Franklin, and C. Griffith Mann. Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012.
page number: pp. 8, 14-15
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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. 66
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Mikolic, Amanda. Statuette of a Woman: The Stargazer is a “must see” at the CMA. CMA Thinker Blog on Medium. Feb. 1, 2019.
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url: https://medium.com/cma-thinker/statuette-of-a-woman-the-stargazer-is-a-must-see-at-the-cma-3d2d64115c7d
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