id:			146945
accession number:	1972.343
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.343
updated:		2025-02-09 03:40:34.036000

Female Figure, late 1800s–early 1900s. Africa, West Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, possibly Bondoukou region, unknown maker. Wood, paint, glass beads, and natural fiber; overall: 54.1 x 7.8 x 7.5 cm (21 5/16 x 3 1/16 x 2 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White 1972.343

title:				Female Figure
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creation date:			late 1800s–early 1900s
creation date earliest:		1875
creation date latest:		1925
current location:		108C Akan & Yoruba
creditline:			Gift of Katherine C. White
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culture:	Africa, West Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, possibly Bondoukou region, unknown maker
technique:	Wood, paint, glass beads, and natural fiber
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 54.1 x 7.8 x 7.5 cm (21 5/16 x 3 1/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1972
	opening date:   1973-02-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1972</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA 1968: "African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection," cat. no. 91, repr.', 'opening_date': '1968-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA 1973: "Year in Review 1972," CMA Bulletin LX (March, 1973), p. 106, no. 25, repr. p. 105', 'opening_date': '1973-03-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Henri Kamer
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	Katherine C. White [1929-1980], Gates Mills, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?—1972
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1972–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Fagg, William. <em>African Tribal Images; the Katherine White Reswick Collection</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1968, no. 91.
	page number: 	No. 91.
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	“New Acquisitions.” <em>African Arts</em> 6, no. 4 (Summer 1973), p. 84-85.
	page number: 	Repr. p. 85.
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/3334813

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1972.” <em>The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 60, no. 3 (March 1973): 63-115.
	page number: 	Cat. 25.
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25093732

	Petridis, Constantine. <em>South of the Sahara: Selected Works of African Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art; distributed by the University of Washington Press, 2003.
	page number: 	P. 49, color plate 9.
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	Petridis, Constantine. "A New Installation for African Art in Cleveland." <em>Tribal</em> 3, no. 36 (Autumn/Winter 2004): 68-73.
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	CMA 1973, "1972 Year in Review." Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art 60, no. 3, cat. 25.
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	https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2022/jun/21/freedom-and-flares-west-africas-photographic-master-in-pictures-rachidi-bissiriou
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. 9, p. 48 - 49
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