id:			162864
accession number:	2003.35
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.35
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:50.135000

Woman and Child, mid- to late 1800s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Yombe-style carver. Wood; overall: 26.2 x 9.2 x 7.4 cm (10 5/16 x 3 5/8 x 2 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 2003.35

title:				Woman and Child
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creation date:			mid- to late 1800s
creation date earliest:		1850
creation date latest:		1899
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creditline:			Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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culture:	Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Yombe-style carver
technique:	Wood
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 26.2 x 9.2 x 7.4 cm (10 5/16 x 3 5/8 x 2 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Language of Beauty in African Art
	opening date:   2022-04-03T04:00:00
	<i>The Language of Beauty in African Art</i>. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (April 3-July 31, 2022) https://kimbellart.org/exhibition/language-beauty-african-art; The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (organizer) (November 20, 2022-February 27, 2023) https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9344/the-language-of-beauty-in-african-art.

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Captain Isidore W. Mesmaekers, Belgian Congo
	date: 1920s
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	his family, by descent (Belgium?)
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	(J. P. Lepage Gallery, Brussels, Belgium)
	date: by at least 1984
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	(Mr. and Mrs. Willem Vranken-Hoet, Brussels, Belgium, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 1984-2003
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2003-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Petridis, Constantijn. <em>South of the Sahara: selected works of African art. </em>Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2003.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. 42, p. 114 - 115
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 34
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	Rondeau, James, Constantijn Petridis, Yaëlle Biro, Herbert M. Cole, Kassim Kone, Babatunde Lawal, Wilfried Van Damme, and Susan Mullin Vogel. <em>The language of beauty in African art. </em>2022.
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	"The Language of Beauty in African Art."<em> Kimbell Art Museum Members' Guide</em> (March–September 2022): 2-7.
	page number: 	Reproduced:  P. 4.
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IMAGES

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