id:			148742
accession number:	1976.182
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1976.182
updated:		2025-02-09 03:52:27.053000

Figure (iginga), 1925–50. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lega maker. Ivory; overall: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White 1976.182

title:				Figure (iginga)
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creation date:			1925–50
creation date earliest:		1925
creation date latest:		1950
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creditline:			Gift of Katherine C. White
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culture:	Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lega maker
technique:	ivory
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review, 1976
	opening date:   1977-02-01T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review, 1976</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 1-March 6, 1977).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA 1968: "African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection," cat. no. 270, repr.', 'opening_date': '1968-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA 1977: "Year in Review 1976," CMA Bulletin LXIV (Feb., 1977), p. 73, no. 23, repr. p. 72.', 'opening_date': '1977-02-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Mathias Komor, New York
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	Katherine Merkel
	date: by at least May 26, 1961–1966
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			* <ul><li><!--block-->photograph by Katherine Merkel; contained in an envelope postmarked May 26, 1961. Dallas Museum of Art John Wise Archives (photocopy in Curatorial File)</li><li><!--block-->**Katherine W. Merkel, Katherine C. White, and Katherine White Reswick (1929-1980) are the<br>same woman</li></ul>
			
			
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art by gift from the above
	date: 1977–
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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. 270</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art.
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