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Modernism Foretold: The Nadler Collection of Late Antique Art from Egypt Through September 26, 2021
This extraordinary assembly of objects dating from the 3rd to the 8th century CE belongs to Emanuel and Anna Nadler of New York City and Palm Beach.
Coptic art was made by and for native Egyptians, Greeks and Romans who favored both classical pagan and Christian themes. Among the objects on display are a marble Corin- thian capital with crosses and eagles from the Monastery of St. Menas; two sections of large tapestries used as wall hangings in churches or homes; small textile fragments which originally embellished tunics used in burials; works of sculpture derived from funerary sites; and miniature bone carvings that were embedded into pieces of furniture, bridal cas- kets and small chests for storing jewelry and other precious items. “Modernism Foretold” draws attention to the history of the collection and to changing perceptions of late antique art from Egypt. You can purchase the accompanying catalogue in the Museum Shop.
(top) Boy with a dove, 3rd century CE. Marble statue, 19 x 9 x 5 3/4 inches. The Nadler Collection. (left) Female figure, 3rd or 4th century CE (?). Ivory carving, 1 7/8 × 1 1/2 × 1/4 inches. The Nadler Collection. (right) Nude female (Aphrodite?), 3rd or 4th century CE (?). Carved ivory, 3 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 1/2 inches. The Nadler Collection.
Large vessel, 5th – 7th century CE. Red clay with polychrome slip, 18 x 17 x 7 inches. The Nadler Collection.
Curator: Asen Kirin, Parker Curator of Russian Art and professor, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia
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