AAMD Object Registry

2008.563 to 2008.619

Object Information

Accession Number: 2008.563 to 2008.619
Object Title: 58 Votives
Measurements: Various
Creation Date: Eight works were made between 800-600 BC and the remainder were made between 700-599 BC
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Alexander
Institution: The Art Institute of Chicago
Culture: Greek
Country of Origin: Greece
Object Type: Votives
Materials / Techniques: Bronze
Object URL:

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/196446?search_id=12

Provenance Information

Exhibition History:
2008.563-569, the Art Institute of Chicago, October 3, 2008-November 30, 2010; 2008.598-2008.600, 2008.608, and 2008.615, October 3, 2008-present.

Published:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Annual Report 2008-2009 (posted on AIC web site), pp. 19-20.

Provenance:
Purchased by Ariadne Galleries of New York, New York from Mr. George Zakos of Basel Switzerland, date unknown; purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Alexander of Geneva, Illinois, from Ariadne Galleries in 1985; donated to the Art Institute of Chicago in 2008.

Additional Information Statement:
The collection of fifty-eight objects was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Alexander in 1985 from Ariadne Galleries of New York, New York. According to the owner of Ariadne Galleries, he purchased the entire collection from George Zakos of Basel, Switzerland, around 1975. It was his understanding that Mr. Zakos had owned the objects for at least ten years. The Art Institute of Chicago has been unable to confirm this information with Mr. Zakos, as he is now deceased. These votives are important to the Art Institute of Chicago’s collection as representative examples of cast bronze offerings from the Geometric Period.