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Imitation Kouros Head

Date

20th century

Medium

Marble

Culture

Modern

Department

Sculpture

Institution

Getty Museum

Acquired by the Museum for research, this head of a nude male figure is a modern work that belongs to a kouros reassembled from several pieces: the head is 92.AK.29; the legs and torso are joined as 90.AK.43. Telltale signs left by modern tools, such as marks left by a power drill on the head and torso, and evidence that the sculpture was bathed in acid clearly show that it is a modern forgery. The entire front of the face has been dipped in acid. The hair is styled with two rows of drilled curls on the forehead, separated by a fillet from the rest of hair, which is arranged in beaded rows falling down the neck to the upper back.

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