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| Art object - Head of Alexander the Great - vendor Dikran G. Kelekian |
On my first day, my internship supervisor received an email from a local ancient art company which inquired about an art object, asking if it had been purchased by Hearst. The image of the item was attached to the email, but can't be shown for copyright purposes. I was asked to search through several boxes of images, trying to locate something similar. I placed a few images aside, but was unable to find what they were looking for. In the early afternoon, two employees from from the art company stopped by to search through the archives themselves. They brought a photo of the item - it was hanging on a wall in a bathroom!
(Just think, this item has survived through thousands of historical events and ends up in such an undeserving place.) One of them mentioned that someone had referred to the item as "Alexander the Great." I helped them search through additional archives which contained descriptions of items from Hearst's collection and I found one which said, "Art object-Head of Alexander the Great", photo file 1923-349 dated 2/27/23, vendor DiKran Kelekian. I photocopied the item for them and they left. (The item is shown here.) They seemed satisfied. I also made a copy and will try to find more information about the item this week.
