id: 146111
accession number: 1971.297.1
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.297.1
updated: 2025-02-09 03:35:52.482000
Male Figure from a Pair (asye usu), late 1800s–early 1900s. Africa, West Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, Baule-style carver. Wood, resin, glass beads, plant fiber, and metal; overall: 49.5 x 9.1 x 13 cm (19 1/2 x 3 9/16 x 5 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White 1971.297.1
title: Male Figure from a Pair (asye usu)
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creation date: late 1800s–early 1900s
creation date earliest: 1880
creation date latest: 1935
current location: 108A Sub-Saharan
creditline: Gift of Katherine C. White
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culture: Africa, West Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, Baule-style carver
technique: Wood, resin, glass beads, plant fiber, and metal
department: African Art
collection: African Art
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 49.5 x 9.1 x 13 cm (19 1/2 x 3 9/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Object in Focus: Male and Female Spirit Spouse Figures
opening date: 2003-01-07T00:00:00
Object in Focus: Male and Female Spirit Spouse Figures. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 7-March 9, 2003).
title: African Master Carvers: Known and Famous
opening date: 2017-03-26T04:00:00
African Master Carvers: Known and Famous. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-July 16, 2017).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'CMA 1968: "African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection," cat. no. 85, repr.', 'opening_date': '1968-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA 1973: "Year in Review 1972," CMA Bulletin LX (March, 1973), p. 107, no. 38, repr. p. 105.', 'opening_date': '1973-03-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; January 7- March 9, 2003. " Object in Focus: Male (blolo bian) and Female (blolo bla) Spirit Partner Figures, Africa, Ivory Coast, Baule, c. 1930s [wood; 1971.297.1-2] "', 'opening_date': '2003-01-07T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (3/26/2017-7/16/2017); “African Master Carvers: Known and Famous”.', 'opening_date': '2017-03-26T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Katherine C. White (aka Katherine Merkel, Katherine Reswick)
date: ?-1971
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH by gift
date: 1971-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Fagg, William, and Cleveland Museum of Art. 1968. African Tribal Images; the Katherine White Reswick Collection, no. 85. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art.
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"1972 Year in Review." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 60, no. 3 (1973), cat. 38
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Cleveland Museum of Art, and Henry John Drewal. 1989. African Art : A Brief Guide to the Collection : The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Museum, fig. 15.
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Petridis, Constantijn. South of the Sahara: selected works of African art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2003.
page number: Reproduced: cat. 17, p. 64 - 65
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