A Greek Marble Head of a Woman, Attic, Circa Mid 5th Century B.C.

from a grave stele, turned to her left, her oval face with full lips and wideset eyes, her hair waving forward from the crown, framing the forehead and temples in full wavy locks, and drawn up into a fragmentary chignon above the nape of the neck.

Denys Sutton (1917-1991), London, acquired between 1957 and 1972
by descent to the present owner

Proper left side of chin missing, surface of proper left side of face better preserved, small modern hole drilled in the back of the head.
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Denys Miller Sutton (1917-1991) assumed the role of editor of the London-based arts magazine Apollo in 1962, and retained this position for about 25 years, during which he considerably expanded the scope of the publication, addressing sensitive art preservation issues, attracting new contributors among prominent art historians and writers, writing many articles himself, and devoting several issues to the collections of museums around the world. His strong and unrelenting interest in the visual arts was a lifelong pursuit: he served as secretary of the international commission for the restitution of cultural material after World War II, worked as an art critic for Country Life and the Financial Times, authored several books on painting, including works on Watteau, Toulouse-Lautrec, Matisse, Picasso, and Whistler, and organized several exhibitions abroad such as shows on Constable and Titian in Tokyo. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (vol. 53, Oxford, 2003, p. 382) describes him as an "astute collector of art."