id: 168722
accession number: 2010.429
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.429
updated: 2025-02-09 06:48:25.655000
Female Figurine, late 1800s-early 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Republic of the Congo, Beembe-style maker. Wood, possibly ceramic, and copper alloy; overall: 17 x 5.8 x 4.2 cm (6 11/16 x 2 5/16 x 1 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 2010.429
title: Female Figurine
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creation date: late 1800s-early 1900s
creation date earliest: 1880
creation date latest: 1920
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creditline: René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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culture: Africa, Central Africa, Republic of the Congo, Beembe-style maker
technique: Wood, possibly ceramic, and copper alloy
department: African Art
collection: African Art
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 17 x 5.8 x 4.2 cm (6 11/16 x 2 5/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Fragments of the Invisible: The René and Odette Delenne Collection of Congo Sculpture
opening date: 2013-10-27T00:00:00
Fragments of the Invisible: The René and Odette Delenne Collection of Congo Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 2013-February 9, 2014).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
(Marcel Dumoulin, Brussels, BE, 1967, sold to René and Odette Delenne)
date: ?-1967
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René [1901-1998] and Odette Delenne [1925-2012], Brussels, BE, 2010, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: 1967-2010
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2010
date: 2010
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Petridis, Constantine, et al. Fragments of the Invisible: The René and Odette Delenne Collection of Congo Sculpture. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art. Milan: 5 Continents Editions, 2013, 25, 34.
page number: Reproduced and mentioned: pp. 34, 112 cat. no. 1
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2010.429/2010.429_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2010.429/2010.429_print.jpg
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