id:			168748
accession number:	2010.452
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.452
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:24.559000

Female Figure, late 1800s-early 1900s. Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Songye people. Wood, upholstery studs, antelope horns, and animal hair; overall: 34.8 x 6.2 x 14.5 cm (13 11/16 x 2 7/16 x 5 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2010.452

title:				Female Figure
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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, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Songye people
technique:	Wood, upholstery studs, antelope horns, and animal hair
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 34.8 x 6.2 x 14.5 cm (13 11/16 x 2 7/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Fragments of the Invisible: The Rene and Odette Delenne Collection of Congo Sculpture
	opening date:   2013-10-27T00:00:00
	<i>Fragments of the Invisible: The Rene and Odette Delenne Collection of Congo Sculpture</i>. 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

	(Jean Dierickx, Brussels, BE, 1960, sold to René and Odette Delenne)
	date: ?-1960
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	René [1901-1998] and Odette Delenne [1925-2012], Brussels, BE, 2010, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1960-2010
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2010–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Petridis, Constantine. "René and Odette Delenne." In <em>Tribal Art</em> XV-4, no. 61 (Autumn 2011): 123.
	page number: 	p. 123
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	Petridis, Constantine, et al. <em>Fragments of the Invisible: The René and Odette Delenne Collection of Congo Sculpture.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art. Milan: 5 Continents Editions, 2013, 23, 68-75.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 23, 114: reproduced:pp. 76-77, cat. 25
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	Neyt, Francois. <em>Songye: The Formidable Statuary of Central Africa</em>. Munich/Berlin/London/New York: Prestel Verlag, 2009, 262.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 262, no. 230; mentioned: 392, no. 230
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