id:			143883
accession number:	1968.270
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1968.270
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:21.139000

Cross, 300s–400s CE. Byzantium, North Syria, 4th - 5th centuries. Marble tesserae; overall: 94.7 x 93.4 cm (37 5/16 x 36 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Klejman 1968.270

title:				Cross
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creation date:			300s–400s CE
creation date earliest:		300
creation date latest:		499
current location:		106A Migration Period & Coptic
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Klejman
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culture:	Byzantium, North Syria, 4th - 5th centuries
technique:	marble tesserae
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Byzantine
type:		Mosaic
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measurements: Overall: 94.7 x 93.4 cm (37 5/16 x 36 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1969
	opening date:   1970-01-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1969</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).

	title:		The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-06-09T00:00:00
	<i>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Klejman (1906-1995), New York, NY, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art).
	date: -1968
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1968-
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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1969.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 57, no. 1 (1970).
	page number: 	p. 47, cat. no. 121
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152307

	Sims, Lowery Stokes. <em>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content, and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 32, no. 11
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