id:			146111
accession number:	1971.297.1
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.297.1
updated:		2025-09-23 11:26:56.224000

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
	<i>Object in Focus: Male and Female Spirit Spouse Figures</i>. 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
	<i>African Master Carvers: Known and Famous</i>. 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. <em>African Tribal Images; the Katherine White Reswick Collection, no. 85</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art.
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	"1972 Year in Review." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 60, no. 3 (1973), cat. 38
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Henry John Drewal. 1989. <em>African Art : A Brief Guide to the Collection : The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Museum, fig. 15.
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	Petridis, Constantijn. <em>South of the Sahara: selected works of African art. </em>Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2003.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. 17, p. 64 - 65
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	“A Walking Tour: The entire new museum wing by wing, with curators calling out a few favorite works in the collection.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 54, no. 1 (January/February 2014): 8-33.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 12
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2014-01

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