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Paul A. Marks

1926–2020

New York collector who, with Joan H. Marks, is said to have acquired two Cypriot Bichrome pieces in the early 1970s; both were sold from the Marks estate at Christie's New York in October 2023.

Biography

Two Cypriot Bichrome pieces came to auction in 2023 from the estate of Dr. Paul A. Marks and Joan H. Marks, who are said to have acquired them circa the early 1970s1,2.

Christie's gives his dates as 1926 to 2020, and hers as 1929 to 2020, in the provenance of lot 151. The pieces were an amphora (lot 15) and a jug (lot 16), both Cypro-Archaic I, offered at Christie's New York on 17 October 2023 in sale 21841 as "Property from the estate of Joan H. and Paul A. Marks"1,2. The provenance names no seller. His profession is not recorded, and nothing is known of his other purchases or the dealers he bought from.

Life and work

  1. 17 October 2023
    Two Cypriot Bichrome pieces, an amphora (lot 15) and a jug (lot 16), credited 'Property from the estate of Joan H. and Paul A. Marks', acquired circa early 1970s, sold at Christie's New York (sale 21841).

    New York(2023). A Cypriot bichrome-ware pottery amphora (lot 15), Christie's sale 21841, New York, 17 October 2023. Christie's. Christie's; (2023). A Cypriot bichrome-ware pottery jug (lot 16), Christie's sale 21841, New York, 17 October 2023. Christie's. Christie's

  2. 2023
    Dr., New York; with Joan H. Marks acquired Cypriot Bichrome amphorae c. early 1970s; estate sale Christie's 2023.

    Christie's, 2023, sale 21841, lot 15; Christie's, 2023, sale 21841, lot 16

Connections

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Sources

  1. 1. (2023). “A Cypriot bichrome-ware pottery amphora (lot 15), Christie's sale 21841, New York, 17 October 2023”. Christie's. Christie's. Online
  2. 2. (2023). “A Cypriot bichrome-ware pottery jug (lot 16), Christie's sale 21841, New York, 17 October 2023”. Christie's. Christie's.
  3. 3.Christie's, 2023, sale 21841, lot 15; Christie's, 2023, sale 21841.
  4. 4.2023, A Cypriot bichrome-ware pottery amphora (lot 15), Christie's sale 21841, New York, 17 October 2023.
  5. 5.Christie's, 2023, sale 21841.

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