Mask of Demeter
Long-term loan, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE, July 1964–July 1973.
The Gods of High Olympus and a Hero, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, February 15–March 20, 1983, no. 16, as Sicilian, Mask of Demeter, 5th century B. C.
De Ciccio, by March 15, 1949 [1];
Purchased from De Ciccio, through Harold Woodbury Parsons, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1949.
NOTES:
[1] According to a letter from art advisor Harold Woodbury Parsons (March 15, 1949, NAMA curatorial files), the sculpture came from “De Ciccio.” This might be the coin collector Giuseppe De Ciccio, who published articles about ancient coins and was elected a fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society on June 18, 1915.
“The Gods of High Olympus and a Hero, February 15–March 20, 1983,” exh. cat., Bulletin (The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art) (1983): 10, as Sicilian, Mask of Demeter, 5th century B. C.
