id: 159837
accession number: 1997.149
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url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1997.149
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Mother and Child Figure, late 1800s–early 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo (most likely), Cabinda, or Republic of the Congo, probably Yombe-style maker. Wood and paint; overall: 64.7 cm (25 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1997.149
title: Mother and Child Figure
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creation date: late 1800s–early 1900s
creation date earliest: 1875
creation date latest: 1925
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creditline: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture: Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo (most likely), Cabinda, or Republic of the Congo, probably Yombe-style maker
technique: Wood and paint
department: African Art
collection: African Art
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 64.7 cm (25 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Second Careers: Two Tributaries in African Art
opening date: 2020-11-01T04:00:00
Second Careers: Two Tributaries in African Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1, 2020-March 14, 2021).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': "New York, NY, The African-American Institute: Masterpieces of the People's Republic of the Congo, 1980, catalogue.", 'opening_date': '1980-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'New York, NY, The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Academic Study, The Department of Primitive Art, September 1984-October 1985.', 'opening_date': '1984-09-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art: The Mother and Child in African Sculpture, December 1985-June 1986. catalogue', 'opening_date': '1985-12-01T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Collection F. Burniaux, Dinant, Belgium
date: before 1930-1980
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Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Kitnick
date: after 1980-?
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Private Collection
date: after 1980-?
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(Anthony Slater-Ralph, Santa Barbara, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: 1997
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1997-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Cleveland Museum of Art, “Major African Sculpture, Recent Mark Tansey Painting, and Other Works of Art Enter CMA Collection,” September 16, 1997, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr4152
Young-Sanchez, Margaret, "African Maternity", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 38 no. 02, February
page number: Mentioned & reproduced: p.8-9
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM1998-02/page/n7
Petridis, Constantijn. South of the Sahara: selected works of African art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2003.
page number: Reproduced: cat. 41, p. 112 - 113
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Cole, Herbert M. Maternity: Mothers and Children in the Arts of Africa.
Brussels : Mercatorfonds, 2017
page number: Mentioned: p. 242; reproduced: p. 244, fig. 216
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Nzewi, Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Second Careers : Two Tributaries in African Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2019
page number: Reproduced: p. 31, fig. 20; p. 61, pl. 7; mentioned: p. 22, 32.
url: https://ingallslibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1090438741
Nzewi, Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Second Careers : Two Tributaries in African Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2019
page number: Reproduced: p. 31, fig. 20; p. 61, pl. 7; mentioned: p. 22, 32.
url: https://ingallslibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1090438741
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