id:			110790
accession number:	1929.320
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.320
updated:		2022-01-04 15:08:28.106000

Stool, c. 1920. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mangbetu, 20th century. Wood; diameter: 39.1 cm (15 3/8 in.); overall: 28.6 cm (11 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Gilpin Players of Karamu House 1929.320

title:				Stool
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creation date:			c. 1920
creation date earliest:		1915
creation date latest:		1925
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creditline:			Gift of the Gilpin Players of Karamu House
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culture:	Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mangbetu, 20th century
technique:	wood
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Furniture and woodwork
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measurements: Diameter: 39.1 cm (15 3/8 in.); Overall: 28.6 cm (11 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
	opening date:   1991-06-07T04:00:00
	<i>Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland, OH, Karamu House: Arfican Art, March 1-May 30, 1960.<br>CMA 1987:  Comfortably Seated, November 11-February 15, 1987, no cat.<br>CMA 1991:  Object Lessons:  Cleveland Creates an Art Museum, June 7-September 8, 1991.

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PROVENANCE

	The Gilpin Players of Karamu House
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wall description: 
Such stools were highly prized by their female owners. Sculpted by master artists with widespread reputations, they were often "signed" with a deeply cut mark on the base. This groove was then filled with red camwood as an expression of blessings and good wishes for the stool's owner.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Wixom, WIlliam D. "African Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art." <em>African Arts</em>. 10, no. 3. (April 1977) 16-25.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 16; p. 18, fig. 3
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/3335296

	Petridis, Constantijn, et al. <em>Fragments of the Invisible: The René and Odette Delenne Collection of Congo Sculpture.</em> Cleveland, Ohio : Cleveland Museum of art ; Milan : 5 Continents Editions, 2013.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 107
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	Petridis, Constantine. "A World of Great Art for Everyone." In <em>Representing Africa in American Art Museums: A Century of Collecting and Display</em>. Kathleen Bickford Berzock and Christa Clarke, 104-121. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2011.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 106; reproduced: p. 107, figs. 5.2, 5.3
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