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Black-Figure Ovoid Neck Amphora (jar)
the Omaha Painter (Greek)
Title
Black-Figure Ovoid Neck Amphora (jar)
Attributed to
the Omaha Painter (Greek)
Date
c. 570 BCE
Medium
ceramic
Dimensions
13 × 10 × 10 in. (33 × 25.4 × 25.4 cm)
Classification
Vessels & Containers
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Woods, Jr.
Object Number
1963.480
On View
On view
Provenance
With Mathias Komor (1909–1984), dealer, New York, by November 25, 1963;
His sale to Thomas C. Woods, Jr. (1920–1989) and Mrs. Marjorie J. Woods (née Jones, 1922–2009), Lincoln, Nebraska, by December 20, 1963;
Their gift to Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1963.
His sale to Thomas C. Woods, Jr. (1920–1989) and Mrs. Marjorie J. Woods (née Jones, 1922–2009), Lincoln, Nebraska, by December 20, 1963;
Their gift to Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1963.
Exhibition History
Greek Vase Painting in Midwestern Collections, The Art Institute of Chicago, December 22, 1979–February 24, 1980.
Heroes, Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, October 11, 2009–January 3, 2010; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, January 29–April 25, 2010; San Diego Museum of Art, May 22–September 5, 2010; Onassis Cultural Center, NY, October 5, 2010–January 3, 2011, no. 24.
Ninety Years of Joslyn Art Museum, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, October 27, 2021–May 1, 2022.
Between Myth and Reality: Ancient Greek Vases from Joslyn Art Museum, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, May 24, 2022–June 4, 2023.
Heroes, Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, October 11, 2009–January 3, 2010; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, January 29–April 25, 2010; San Diego Museum of Art, May 22–September 5, 2010; Onassis Cultural Center, NY, October 5, 2010–January 3, 2011, no. 24.
Ninety Years of Joslyn Art Museum, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, October 27, 2021–May 1, 2022.
Between Myth and Reality: Ancient Greek Vases from Joslyn Art Museum, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, May 24, 2022–June 4, 2023.
Published References
“Greek Art to Grace Joslyn Exhibit,” Omaha World-Herald, May 17, 1964, 2-B, (repro.).
J.D. Beazley, Paralipomena: Additions to Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters and to Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971), 34.
Warren G. Moon and Louise Berge, Greek Vase Painting in Midwestern Collections (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1979), 40–41, (repro.).
Kathryn A. Thomas, “Grecian Vases,” Creighton University Window (Fall 1984): 20–21, (repro.).
Ann Steiner, Joslyn Art Museum: Ancient Greek Pottery (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 1985), 55–57.
Ann Steiner, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. United States of America. Joslyn Art Museum 21 (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 1986), 6–7, pls. 10: 1–4, figs. 3, 4, (repro.).
Mark D. Stansbury-O’Donnell, Vase Painting, Gender, and Social Identity in Archaic Athens (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006), 77–78, 285, (repro.).
Sabine Albersmeier and Michael J. Anderson, Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece, exh. cat. (Baltimore: Walters Art Museum, 2009), 204, no. 24, (repro.).
J.D. Beazley, Paralipomena: Additions to Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters and to Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971), 34.
Warren G. Moon and Louise Berge, Greek Vase Painting in Midwestern Collections (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1979), 40–41, (repro.).
Kathryn A. Thomas, “Grecian Vases,” Creighton University Window (Fall 1984): 20–21, (repro.).
Ann Steiner, Joslyn Art Museum: Ancient Greek Pottery (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 1985), 55–57.
Ann Steiner, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. United States of America. Joslyn Art Museum 21 (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 1986), 6–7, pls. 10: 1–4, figs. 3, 4, (repro.).
Mark D. Stansbury-O’Donnell, Vase Painting, Gender, and Social Identity in Archaic Athens (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006), 77–78, 285, (repro.).
Sabine Albersmeier and Michael J. Anderson, Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece, exh. cat. (Baltimore: Walters Art Museum, 2009), 204, no. 24, (repro.).
