id: 112818
accession number: 1931.426
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url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1931.426
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Mother-and-Child Figure, late 1800s–early 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Pende-style maker. Wood, glass beads, upholstery studs, natural fiber, and pigment; overall: 53.4 x 13.1 x 14.6 cm (21 x 5 3/16 x 5 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the African Art Sponsors of Karamu House, 1931.426
title: Mother-and-Child Figure
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creation date: late 1800s–early 1900s
creation date earliest: 1880
creation date latest: 1920
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creditline: Gift of the African Art Sponsors of Karamu House
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culture: Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Pende-style maker
technique: Wood, glass beads, upholstery studs, natural fiber, and pigment
department: African Art
collection: African Art
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 53.4 x 13.1 x 14.6 cm (21 x 5 3/16 x 5 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: African Art
opening date: 1960-03-01T05:00:00
African Art. Karamu House, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-May 30, 1960).
title: Object in Focus: Mother and Child Figure, 19th-early 20th century; Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbala people (wood, beads; 1931.426)
opening date: 2002-09-17T00:00:00
Object in Focus: Mother and Child Figure, 19th-early 20th century; Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbala people (wood, beads; 1931.426). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17-November 24, 2002).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio: Karamu House, March 1 - May 30, 1960: "African Art."', 'opening_date': '1960-03-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; September 17- November 24, 2002. " Object in Focus: Mother and Child Figure, 19th-early 20th century; 1931.426."', 'opening_date': '2002-09-17T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Edgar Gustsave "Guillaume" de Hondt, Brussels (?–1952)
date: ?–1931
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* Name previously misspelled in records as Guillaume de Hondat
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The African Art Sponsors of Karamu House
date: 1931
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The Cleveland Museum of Art by gift
date: 1931—
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Wixom, William D. "African Art in the Cleveland Museum of Art." African Arts 10, no. 3 (1977): 16-25, 88, pp. 16-24, repr., fig. 10 (center).
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"Three Pieces of Negro Sculpture." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 19, no. 3 (March 1932): 38-39.
page number: Mentioned: p. 38-39
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25137461
Petridis, Constantine. “Mbala, Tsaam, or Kwilu Pende? A Mother-and-Child Figure from the Kwango-Kwilu Region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.” Cleveland Studies in the History of Art 7 (2002): 126–141.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 126-127, fig. 1
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20079722
Petridis, Constantijn. South of the Sahara: selected works of African art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2003.
page number: Reproduced: cat. 37, p. 104 - 105
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Cole, Herbert M. Maternity: Mothers and Children in the Arts of Africa.
Brussels : Mercatorfonds, 2017
page number: Reproduced and mentioned: pp. 150-151, fig. 126
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Petridis, Constantine. "A World of Great Art for Everyone." In Representing Africa in American Art Museums: A Century of Collecting and Display. Kathleen Bickford Berzock and Christa Clarke, 104-121. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2011.
page number: Mentioned: p. 111.
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1931.426/1931.426_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1931.426/1931.426_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1931.426/1931.426_full.tif