id: 168750
accession number: 2010.454
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Female Bowl-Bearing Figure, late 1800s-early 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Luba-style carver. Wood, glass beads, upholstery studs, plant fiber, and iron; overall: 40.8 x 16.1 x 27.3 cm (16 1/16 x 6 5/16 x 10 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 2010.454
title: Female Bowl-Bearing Figure
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creation date: late 1800s-early 1900s
creation date earliest: 1880
creation date latest: 1920
current location: 108A Sub-Saharan
creditline: René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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culture: Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Luba-style carver
technique: Wood, glass beads, upholstery studs, plant fiber, and iron
department: African Art
collection: African Art
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 40.8 x 16.1 x 27.3 cm (16 1/16 x 6 5/16 x 10 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Tentoonstelling van Kongo-Kunst
opening date: 1937-12-24T05:00:00
Tentoonstelling van Kongo-Kunst. Stad Stedelijke Feestzaal.
title: Frans M. Olbrechts (1899-1958): In Search of Art in Africa
opening date: 2001-12-07T05:00:00
Frans M. Olbrechts (1899-1958): In Search of Art in Africa. Ethnographic Museum (December 7, 2001-March 31, 2002).
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
* {'description': 'Frans M. Olbrechts (1899-1958): In Search of Art in Africa. Ethnographic Museum, Antwerp, BE (December 7, 2001-March 31, 2002)', 'opening_date': '2001-12-07T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Tentoonstelling van Kongo-Kunst. Stad Stedelijke Feestzaal, Antwerp, BE (December 24, 1937-January 16, 1938)', 'opening_date': '1937-12-24T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Gaston Heenen [1880-1963], Brussels, BE, sold to Hendrik Elias
date: ?–1939
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(Hendrik Elias [b. 1925], Galerie Elmar, Wieze, BE, sold to René and Odette Delenne)
date: 1939–1968
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René [1901-1998] and Odette Delenne [1925-2012], Brussels, BE, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: 1968–2010
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 2010–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Tentoonstelling van Kongo-kunst, exh. cat., Stadsfeestzaal, Antwerpen (December 24, 1937-January 16, 1938). Antwerp: Antwerpsche Propagandaweken, 1937 [cat. 669; not illustrated]
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Antwerpen, Stad Stedelijke Feestzaal, and Antwerpsche Propagandaweken. Tentoonstelling van Kongo-Kunst, cat. 669. Exh. Cat. Antwerp: Antwerpsche Propagandaweken, December 24, 1937-January 16, 1938.
page number: Mentioned: cat. 669.
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Olbrechts, Frans M. Plastiek van Kongo. Antwerp/Brussels/Ghent/Leuven: Standaards-Boekhandel, 1946.
page number: Reproduced: pl. 108
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Olbrechets, Frans M., Constantine Petridis, and Daniel P. Biebuyck. Frans M. Olbrechts (1899-1958): In Search of Art in Africa, cat. 53. Exh. Cat. Antwerp: Ethnographic Museum, December 7, 2001-March 31, 2002.
page number: Reproduced and mentioned: [p. 165] cat. 53
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Petridis, Constantine. "René and Odette Delenne." In Tribal Art XV-4, no. 61 (Autumn 2011): 119.
page number: Reproduced: p. 119, fig. 4; mentioned: p. 122
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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, 30, 79, 82-83, 108.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 30, 79-80, 108, 114 ; reproduced: p. 82-83, cat. 26
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Cleveland Museum of Art. Masterworks on Loan: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Cleveland Museum of Art: First Quarter 2016. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016.
page number: Reproduced p. 16
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Petridis, Constantine. "Inscriptions: Establishing a Pre-1937 Acquisition Date for 1,525 Central African Sculptures." Tribal: The Magazine of Tribal Art XXIV: 4, no. 85 (Autumn, 2017): 127, 130-131.
page number: p. 127, p. 130 color repr., p. 131 sketch
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